A Speech Made by a Black of Guardaloupe, at the Funeral of a Fellow-Negro

Anonymous (Author)

First Edition - London, England : A. Baldwin, 1709

English

"A Speech Made by a Black of Guardaloupe" was published in London in 1709 alongside an open letter, "A Letter from a Merchant at Jamaica To A Member of Parliament, Touching on the African Slave Trade," both anonymously authored. According to Jack P. Greene, the letter does not name the specific member of Parliament and is explicitly critical of the Caribbean slave trade. The transcribed speech attached to the letter was purportedly given in the French colony of Guadeloupe, as part of a funeral for a slave who was, according to the letter, "kill'd by his master for taking a small loaf of bread as he pass'd thro the kitchen." In the speech, the enslaved speaker addresses slavery as contradictory to Christian doctrine and human rights, and urges his fellow slaves to look to God for relief.

Narratives
Slave Narratives
Early Caribbean Slave Narratives
Guadeloupe
Jamaica

1709

1709

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Anon. "A Speech Made by a Black of Guardaloupe, at the Funeral of a Fellow-Negro." From a Letter from a Merchant at Jamaica to a Member of Parliament in London, Touching the African Trade. London: A. Baldwin, 1709.