Narrative of Adam

Title:
Narrative of Adam
Creator:
Sarri, Adam (Author)
Contributor:
Edwards, Bryan (Transcriber)
Language:
English, creole
Publisher:
First Edition - Dublin, Ireland : White, Luke
Date created:
1793
Type of resource:
Text
Format:
electronic
Abstract/Description:
This embedded slave narrative relates the history of Sarri, referred to here as Adam, a young boy from the Congo of about fourteen years. Sarri's narrative appears on page 97 in volume two of Bryan Edwards' History, Civil, Commercial of the British West Indies (1793). Sarri relates his journey from the in-lands of Africa to his sale several times for various goods.
Citation:
Sarri (Adam), "Narrative of Adam." The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, Bryan Edwards. Dublin: 1793, vol. II, pg. 97. Original holding at the University of Michigan.
Subjects and keywords:
Slave Narratives
Congo
Permanent URL:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20270109

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