African-British Writings in the Eighteenth Century: The Politics of Race and ReasonThe eighteenth century was a time of great cultural change in Britain. It was a period marked by expeditions to the New World, Africa, and the Orient, and these voyages were reflected in the travel literature of the era. It was also a period in which seventeenth-century empiricism and the scientific method became dominant, and in which society became increasingly secular. Fundamental to the eighteenth-century worldview was the notion of the Great Chain of Being, in which all creatures and their Creator stood in a hierarchical relationship with one another. The years from 1660 to 1833 witnessed both Britain's participation in slavery and the appropriation of the Great Chain of Being by social anthropologists and political leaders. With the rise of the slave trade, blacks were brought to Britain against their will, where they were enslaved. At the same time, intellectuals of the period tried to place these slaves within the hierarchical frame provided by the Great Chain of Being. |
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... letters would show that " an untutored African may possess abilities " equal to those of Europeans . She professed a desire to serve Sancho's family by publishing the letters that she had collected from his correspondents in a two ...
... Letters in Eighteenth - Century Studies 3 ( Spring 1970 ) , 415-19 . Edwards and Rewt point out differences between their interpretations of Sancho's tone in the Letters and Brown's views . See the introduction to The Letters of ...
... Letters will be cited in the manuscript by page number . The Edwards and Rewt Edinburgh edi- tion of Sancho's letters identifies , by name , most of Sancho's correspondents . In previous editions , those individuals have remained ...
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Enlightenment Humanism | 1 |
Perspectives on a Theological Chain | 31 |
Conclusion | 149 |
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