Oroonoko space & time But a chance encounter with

But a chance encounter with a rooftop farm was the start of a journey that caused her to rethink the life she'd been creating and her beliefs about who she ought to be

-Tony Barber

'She spoke truth to power and embodied clear-eyed hope to a weary nation

knowledge keeper and knowledge seeker

Chris Brown

Oroonoko space & time But a chance encounter withThe editor supplies explanatory annotations and textual notes. "Historical Backgrounds" is an especially rich collection of seventeenth and eighteenth century documents about colonizers and slaves in the new world. Topically arranged "Montaigne on America," "The Settling of Surinam," "Observers of Slavery, 16541712," "After Oroonoko: Noble Africans in Europe," and "Opinions on Slavery" these selections create a revealing context for Behn's unusual