
audiobook
by James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw
A NARRATIVE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE PARTICULARS IN THE LIFE OF JAMES ALBERT UKAWSAW GRONNIOSAW, AN AFRICAN PRINCE, - As related by HIMSELF.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE - The Countess of Huntingdon; - THIS - NARRATIVE - Of my LIFE, And of God's wonderful Dealings with me, is, (Through Her LADYSHIP'S Permission) Most Humbly Dedicated, By her LADYSHIP'S Most obliged And obedient Servant, - JAMES ALBERT.
THE PREFACE to the READER.
AN ACCOUNT OF JAMES ALBERT, &c.
A remarkable first‑person account brings listeners into the world of a young African prince taken from his native city of Bournou and thrust onto a perilous journey across the Atlantic. The narrative opens with his early memories of worship and the striking moment when a biblical prophecy awakens a curiosity that will shape his destiny. As he arrives in a foreign land, the stark contrast between his royal upbringing and the brutal reality of slavery becomes starkly evident.
Through vivid description and earnest reflection, the narrator details the hardships he endures while maintaining an unwavering trust in a higher power. His devotion to Scripture and the comfort he finds in prayer offer a poignant glimpse of spiritual resilience amid suffering. Listeners will hear how his faith sustains him when family members perish and when hope seems distant.
The memoir also serves as a window into the broader questions of divine providence and the spread of the Gospel to lands untouched by Christianity. It invites contemplation of how a single life can illustrate both the cruelty of the slave trade and the transformative power of belief, all recounted in the narrator’s own voice.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (71K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Charles Aldarondo and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
Release date
2005-02-14
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Known as one of the earliest published African writers in Britain, his life story is both a survival narrative and a spiritual autobiography. His 1772 book opened a rare first-person window onto enslavement, faith, travel, and Black life in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world.
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