Ukawsaw Gronniosaw (original) (raw)

Ukawsaw Gronniosaw produced A Narrative of the Most remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, which was the first Slave narrative in the English language. Published in 1772 it gives a vivid account of Gronniosaw's life, from his capture in Africa through slavery to a life of poverty in Colchester and Kidderminster. He was attracted to this last town because it was at one time the whom of Richard Baxter, a seventeenth century calvinist minister whom Gronniosaw much admired.