Ukawsaw Gronniosaw
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.
