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100 1 _aHedge, Mary Ann
245 1 0 _aSamboe; or, The African Boy
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2011
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2011-09-02
508 _aProduced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
520 _a"Samboe; or, The African Boy" by Mary Ann Hedge is a novel written in the early 19th century. The book addresses the harrowing realities of the African slave trade, centering around the character Charles Irving, a young Englishman who becomes deeply embroiled in the morally reprehensible act of trading human lives. The narrative is likely to explore themes of humanity, morality, and the consequences of greed against the backdrop of a society rife with conflict and exploitation. The opening of the novel sets a serious tone by presenting the orders of slave-merchants instructing their agents to encourage warfare for the capture of slaves. It introduces Charles Irving, who has gained the trust of local chiefs for his knowledge of their customs. The narrative captures his early impressions of West Africa's beauty and richness, contrasting sharply with the brutal realities of the slave trade. Despite his initial qualms about participating in the slave trade, Irving's character starts to reveal a moral conflict, as he grapples with the impacts of his role in this inhumane system, ultimately foreshadowing a deeper internal struggle as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aSlavery -- Africa -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37296
999 _c78136
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