Project Gutenberg 2011-09-02 Public domain in the USA. 406 Hedge, Mary Ann Samboe; or, The African Boy Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Samboe; or, The African Boy" by Mary Ann Hedge is a novel written in the early 19th century. The book addresses the harrowing realities of the African slave trade, centering around the character Charles Irving, a young Englishman who becomes deeply embroiled in the morally reprehensible act of trading human lives. The narrative is likely to explore themes of humanity, morality, and the consequences of greed against the backdrop of a society rife with conflict and exploitation. The opening of the novel sets a serious tone by presenting the orders of slave-merchants instructing their agents to encourage warfare for the capture of slaves. It introduces Charles Irving, who has gained the trust of local chiefs for his knowledge of their customs. The narrative captures his early impressions of West Africa's beauty and richness, contrasting sharply with the brutal realities of the slave trade. Despite his initial qualms about participating in the slave trade, Irving's character starts to reveal a moral conflict, as he grapples with the impacts of his role in this inhumane system, ultimately foreshadowing a deeper internal struggle as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/37296/37296-h/images/titlepage.gif Reading ease score: 55.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Slavery -- Africa -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: British Literature 295089 2025-06-15T08:40:11.055966 text/html 262342 2024-05-30T15:04:34 text/html 285330 2025-06-15T08:40:20.226940 application/epub+zip 306091 2025-06-15T08:40:14.095977 application/epub+zip 186691 2025-06-15T08:40:12.723986 application/epub+zip 429489 2025-06-15T08:40:24.175920 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397824 2025-06-15T08:40:18.790924 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 183168 2022-09-17T06:49:18.498404 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 224733 2025-06-15T08:40:10.084010 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 204787 2024-05-30T20:48:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 222551 2011-09-02T16:00:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 222543 2011-09-02T16:00:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20739 2025-06-15T08:40:24.344934 application/rdf+xml 22628 2025-06-15T08:40:12.844947 image/jpeg 3443 2025-06-15T08:40:12.782936 image/jpeg 84855 2011-09-02T16:00:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 200925 2011-09-02T16:00:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 84816 2011-09-02T16:00:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 266945 2025-06-15T08:40:11.091970 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog