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Beyond Slavery and Abolition Thefirstfull-lengthhistoricalstudyofpre-abolitionblackBritishwrit- ing, this book challenges established narratives of eighteenth-century blackhistorythatfocusalmostexclusivelyonslaveryandabolition.Ryan Hanleyexpandsourperspectivestoencompasstheoftenneglectedbut importantblackwritersofthetimeandhighlightstheircontributionto politics,cultureandthearts.Heconsidersthelivesandworksofcon- temporaryblackliterarycelebritiesalongsidelargelyforgottenevangel- icalauthorsandpoliticalradicalstouncoverhowtheycametoproduce suchdiverseandpowerfulwork.Bynavigatingthesocial,religious,poli- ticalandprofessionalnetworksthatsurroundedtheseauthorsandtheir writing, he also reveals that black intellectuals were never confined to theperipheriesofBritishculture.FromthedecksofRoyalNavyshipsto thedrawingroomsofcountryhouses,fromthepubtothepulpit,black writers,andtheworktheyproduced,helpedtobuildmodernBritain. ryan hanleyisaBritishAcademyPostdoctoralFellowintheDepart- mentofHistoryatUniversityCollegeLondon. Beyond Slavery and Abolition Black British Writing, c. 1770–1830 Ryan Hanley UniversityCollegeLondon UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108475655 DOI:10.1017/9781108616997 ©RyanHanley2019 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2019 PrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyClaysLtd,ElcografS.p.A. AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Hanley,Ryan,author. Title:Beyondslaveryandabolition:BlackBritishwriting, c.1770-1830/RyanHanley. Description:Cambridge;NewYork,NY:CambridgeUniversityPress,2019.| Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Identifiers:LCCN2018026109|ISBN9781108475655(hardback:alk.paper)| ISBN9781108468756(pbk.:alk.paper) Subjects:LCSH:Englishliterature–Blackauthors–Historyandcriticism.| Blacks–GreatBritain–Intellectuallife. Classification:LCCPR120.B55H362019|DDC820.9/896041–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2018026109 ISBN978-1-108-47565-5Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. For J.P. Contents Listof Figures page ix Acknowledgements x Listof Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 BlackWriting,SlaveryandAbolitioninBritain 13 Celebrities,Evangelicals,Radicals 22 Part I Black Celebrities 29 1 Ignatius Sancho and Posthumous Literary Celebrity, 1779–1782 31 PublicLifeafterDeath 37 2 Olaudah Equiano,CelebrityAbolitionist 51 BeforeTheInterestingNarrative 55 MakingaNameforHimself:TheInterestingNarrative 63 3 Mary Prince and the InfamyofVictimhood, 1828–1833 76 EditingMaryPrince 79 MarketingMaryPrince 87 Part II BlackEvangelicals 97 4 Ukawsaw Gronniosaw and BritishCalvinism, 1765–1779 99 UkawsawGronniosawandBritishCalvinism 102 ThePublicationandSaleofGronniosaw’sNarrative 113 5 BostonKing, Kingswood Schooland BritishMethodism, 1794–1798 120 BostonKing,KingswoodSchoolandtheWritingofthe‘Memoirs’, 1794–1796 123 ThomasCoke,WilliamWilberforceandthePublicationofthe ‘Memoirs’,1796–1798 131 vii viii Contents 6 John Jea in Lancashire and Hampshire,1801–1817 144 Lancashire,1801–1805 149 Hampshire,1815–1817 156 PartIII BlackRadicals 169 7 OttobahCugoano and the ‘Black Poor’,1786–1791 171 OttobahCugoanoandLondon’sBlackRadicals 176 TheSierraLeoneResettlementProjects 187 8 Robert Wedderburn and London’sRadical Underworld 203 RadicalismandAntislaveryCombined,1817–1821 206 RadicalismandAntislaveryDivided,1821–1831 220 Conclusion 240 Select Bibliography 247 Index 262
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