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Oroonoko

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Aphra BehnTiffany Potter3 editions

<em>Oroonoko</em> (1688)—full title Oroonoko:<em> or, The Royal Slave</em>—is a short work of prose fiction by English poet and writer Aphra Behn. This text is a first-person account of Oroonoko&#8217;s life and his ensuing journey after the African prince is tricked into slavery and sold to European colonists in Surinam.

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