Unchained Voices
Subtitle: An Anthology of Black Authors in the English-Speaking World of the Eighteenth Century
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: October 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9780813108841
Subjects: Black studies; Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries; c 1700 to c 1800; Great Britain; English literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Reference; History; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Short Stories (Anthologies); Blacks; 18th century; Black authors; English-speaking countries; Sources
First sentence: On Monday, 25th Day of December, 1747, with the leave of my Master, I went from Marshfield, with an Intention to go a Voyage to Sea, and the next Day, the 26th, got to Plymouth, where I immediately ship'd myself on board of a Sloop, Capt. John Howland, Master, bound to Jamaica and the Bay-We sailed from Plymouth in a short Time, and after a pleasant Passage of about 30 Days, arrived at Jamaica; we was detain'd at Jamaica only 5 Days, from whence we sailed for the Bay, where we arrived safe in 10 Days.