On this page are a number of links to web resources either about or relevant to Ottobah Cugoano. Sadly, there is very little on the net about Cugoano. However, it is the nature of the web to change rapidly and so the situation may change. Please let me know if you know of any links which can be added here or if any of the links you follow do not function as promised.

• E-texts

  A few sites offer selections from Cugoano's Thoughts and Sentiments. Some sites carry just a few short selections, while others have very substantial extracts. However, a word of warning. Not all of them are accurate. If you are a student or scholar who needs to quote the text in an essay, you would be well advised to double check your quotation in a reliable edition, such as Vincent Carretta's 1999 Penguin edition.

  • http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/cugoano/menu.html
    A long and useful e-text of part of the Thoughts and Sentiments, taken from an 1825 edition.
  • http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAScugoano.htm A few short selections.
  • http://omega.cc.umb.edu/~fayeng/slavery.html A short extract.

• Biography and Background
  • http://www.basauk.com/o_cugoano.htm A short biography.
  • http://www.umich.edu/~ece/student_projects/slavery2/black.html
    Interesting comparison of Sancho and Cugoano.

• Other Links
  • http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/cosway_richard.html
    Artcyclopedia offer a collection of links about Richard Cosway, the artist who employed Cugoano from 1774.

• Books and Publishers
  • The Bookshop: books on Cugoano and related topics
  • Buy Cugoano's Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery now from Amazon.