TY - BOOK ID - 77919097 TI - Transatlantic literature of the long eighteenth century AU - Stanton, Kamille Stone AU - Chappel, Julie A PY - 2011 SN - 1280485825 9786613580801 1443833142 9781443833141 144383288X 9781443832885 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Slavery in literature KW - English literature KW - Slavery and slaves in literature KW - Slaves in literature KW - History and criticism. KW - Enslaved persons in literature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77919097 AB - In 1789, before the abolition of slavery in Great Britain or the United States of America, poet William Blake quietly appealed to the public's sense of humanity in Songs of Innocence Other the poem, "The Little Black Boy." In that same year, a former slave named Olaudah Equiano was catapulted to fame as a sympathetic face for the abolitionist movement Other the publication of his autobiography. Olaudah Equiano became an internationally sought after public speaker and enjoyed the remarkable succ... ER -