Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave

Aphra Behn  ·  1688

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Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave cover
Cover of Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave on the Open Library.

Oroonoko (1688)—full title Oroonoko: or, The Royal Slave—is a short work of prose fiction by English poet and writer Aphra Behn. This text is a first-person account of Oroonoko’s life and his ensuing journey after the African prince is tricked into slavery and sold to European colonists in Surinam.