Passage from Oroonoko on racism, the relation between freedom and slavery. Also includes a superlative description of Oroonoko which represents a move away from an autobiographical account.

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Title

Passage from Oroonoko on racism, the relation between freedom and slavery. Also includes a superlative description of Oroonoko which represents a move away from an autobiographical account.

Subject

Racism, identity loss

Description

A passage from Oroonoko where he asks Trefry to provide him with alternate robes befitting a slave so people would not recognize him.

Creator

Aphra Behn

Publisher

The Floating Press, 2009. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/gatech/detail.action?docID=445923.
Created from gatech on 2020-01-22 07:57:16.

Date

1688

Contributor

Aryaan Mehra

Relation

Oroonoko by Aphra Behn

Language

English

Type

Print

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Text

He begged Trefry to give him something more befitting a slave, which he did, and took off his robes: nevertheless he shone through all, and his osenbrigs…could not conceal the graces of his looks and mien; and he had no less admirers …the royal youth appeared in spite of the slave, and people could not help treating him after a different manner, without designing it.

Original Format

Novel

Citation

Aphra Behn, “Passage from Oroonoko on racism, the relation between freedom and slavery. Also includes a superlative description of Oroonoko which represents a move away from an autobiographical account.,” Enlightenmens, accessed March 29, 2023, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/96.

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