Reading Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery | Alexandria
Read Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery by Quobna Ottobah Cugoano. Shattering Enlightenment myths, Cugoano's radical 1787 argument that compensation for slavery was morally wrong challenged "gradual abolition" compromises favored by white reformers. By insisting on immediate emancipation without payment to slaveholders, he exposed the ethical bankruptcy of treating humans as property.