Quote from Oroonoko
Dublin Core
Title
Quote from Oroonoko
Subject
Loss of Humanity
Description
Humanity has the gift of the mind unlike other species. When these men and women were enslaved, they were stripped of their humanity and treated as nothing more than disposable objects.
Creator
Aphra Behn
Source
Oroonoko Text
Publisher
William Canning
Date
1688
Contributor
Kelsey Noonan
Language
English
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
"They had lost the divine quality of man, and were become insensible asses. "
Original Format
Oroonoko Text
Citation
Aphra Behn, “Quote from Oroonoko,” Enlightenmens, accessed August 15, 2022, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/1040.