The grateful slave : the emergence of race in eighteenth century British and American culture The prehistory of the grateful slave The origin of the grateful slave: Daniel Defoes Colonel Jack 1722 The evolution of the grateful slave 1754 1777: the emergence of racial difference in the slavery debate and the novel The 1780s: transition Gratitude in the black Atlantic: Equiano writes back 1789 The 1790s: ameliorationist convergence Epilogue: grateful slaves faithful slaves mammies and martyrs: the transatlantic afterlife of the grateful slave