Analysis Of Slavery Practices In Oroonoko

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Slavery practices in Oroonoko

As horrible an act slavery is, it was a common practice in England up until the year 1833. Therefore, the occurrence found in the work of Oroonoko : Or the Royal slave by Behn and the information learned in Slavery and the slave trade, found in the Norton Anthology helps the reader put into context the practices of slavery and the slave trade in England during the late 17th century. This story is a criticism of slavery practices and Behn’s dislike of the practices shown through the text by example of the cruel practices of the slave trades.

The first significant practice of the slave trade was war being a key way to obtain slaves . War is briefly mentioned in Oroonoko . In particular on page 2318 where it’s mentioned that there was a war occurring between an unknown state and Coramantien. “Oroonoko coming from …show more content…

She is in wanting to be with who she loves, but not being able to be with him because of the king. This is in direct relation to him being a prince and his grandfather being a king. It was a ranking issue, which with in my opinion, is another commentary by Behn on the hierarchy of society and how messed up it really is. As I briefly mentioned above, this text is clearly a criticism of society in the 17th century and the slave practices. This is evident in a few places throughout the text, where it displayed just a few of the cruel practices that were all too common during the slave trade. Sadly, due to the point we don 't truly get to see all the atrocities committed during this age. We only get a snippet of it

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