Bundle 13: The Literature of Slavery and Emancipation

In this bundle you will

• Move from Pope’s Cave of Spleen to a darker vision of what happens when humans lose their humanity to become, not jars and teapots, but enslavers exploiting human beings as commodities.
• Meet formerly enslaved people who procured their freedom and became successful authors who worked to end the British slave trade.
• Read extracts from Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography, The Interesting Narrative….
• Read letters of successful businessman and composer Ignatius Sancho, and through them gain insight into the experience of prosperous eighteenth-century people of color.
• Tour a gallery showcasing the lives and achievements of eighteenth-century Black poets, authors, and musicians.