"One day, when all our people were gone out to their works as usual, and only I and my dear sister were left to mind t…"

"My dream now returned upon my mind with all its force; it was fulfilled in every part; for our danger was the same I …"

"I offer here the history of neither a saint, a hero, nor a tyrant. I believe there are few events in my life, which h…"

"I was named Olaudah, which, in our language, signifies vicissitude or fortune also, one favoured, and having a loud v…"

"The first object which saluted my eyes when I arrived on the coast was the sea, and a slave ship, which was then ridi…"

"Soon after this the blacks who brought me on board went off, and left me abandoned to despair. I now saw myself depri…"

"Such a tendency has the slave-trade to debauch men's minds, and harden them to every feeling of humanity! For I will …"

"When [Capt. Pascal] saw me he appeared a good deal surprised, and asked me how I came back? I answered, 'In a ship.' …"

"I thought I could plainly trace the hand of God, without whose permission a sparrow cannot fall. I began to raise my …"

"This produced copious perspirations, so that the air soon became unfit for respiration, from a variety of loathsome s…"