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1) A Dream of Coming into Great Wealth Turning Sour
Author:
Arthur Edgar E. Smith
Category:
Arts and Entertainment
Equiano's new master Robert King, a Quaker merchant from Philadelphia who traded in the Caribbean, upon acquiring, Equiano set him to work on his shipping routes and in his stores immediately.
Soon King grew so close and fond of Equiano that he started thinking out a scheme whereby he could be free.
King soon promised that for forty pounds, the price he had paid for Equiano, Equiano could buy his freedom. He taught him to read and write more fluently, educated him in the Christian faith...
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