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Ottobah Cugoano (c. 1757 – after 1791), also known as John Stuart, was an abolitionist, political activist, and natural rights philosopher from West Africa who was active in Great Britain in the latter half of the 18th century.
Ottobah Cugoano was an African-born abolitionist who rose to prominence after gaining his freedom in England. Cugoano was born around 1757 in present-day Ghana. His family was politically well connected, but that fact did not prevent Cugoano’s capture outside his village when he was about
Learn about Ottobah Cugoano, the first African to demand total abolition of slavery in England. He was a former slave who wrote a book, joined the Sons of Africa, and fought for the rights of his people.
20 de nov. de 2020 · Learn about Ottobah Cugoano, one of the first formerly enslaved people to write and publish a text in English, and his life at Schomberg House, where he worked as a servant and campaigned against slavery. See the blue plaque erected by English Heritage in 2020 to commemorate his legacy.
Cugoano's challenge to the African slave trade reveals that it has the possibility of being simultaneously sustained and undermined by the principles of Christianity, reason, and property ownership.
Ottobah Cugoano’s Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery first published in 1787 was one of the most radical abolitionist tracts written during the eighteenth century.
Learn about Ottobah Cugoano, a Ghanaian-born enslaved person who became an author and abolitionist in Britain. Read his book, watch a video, and see his portrait and blue plaque.
