博客來In the mid-eighteenth century, a young boy was stolen from his home in a lush West African village and cast into the violent machinery of the transatlantic slave trade. This is the definitive account of his transformation from a nameless captive into one of the most influential figures of the Enlightenment.
His journey is an epic of the human spirit that spans the globe. From the harrowing darkness of the Middle Passage to the thundering naval battles of the Seven Years War, and from the merchant docks of the Caribbean to the frozen silence of the Arctic Circle, he navigated the world as a sailor, a scientist, and a merchant. Along the way, he performed a radical act of self-recreation, mastering the language of his captors to eventually buy back his own life.
In the heart of London, he emerged as a sophisticated political strategist and the moral conscience of a growing movement. By documenting the unvarnished reality of his life, he provided the intellectual and emotional catalyst that forced a global empire to confront the inhumanity of the slave trade. He was a man who belonged to the ocean, a global citizen who proved that the pursuit of liberty is a universal and unquenchable force.
This biography offers a detailed exploration of a life lived at the intersection of history, revealing the man behind the narrative and the voice that broke the silence of the Atlantic. It is a story of resilience, the power of the written word, and the enduring fight for human dignity in a world defined by its boundaries. Approx. 160 pages, 41400 word count
