Oroonoko, Not An Anti-slavery

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she was praised by some. Yet the anthology introduction states that she openly signed her name and talked back to critics. If this is true why would she be afraid to take a more open stance towards the question of slavery. Why does the antislavery perspective have to come from a slave, someone who is obviously going to be antislavery and not that of someone with a higher rank in society whose feelings toward the issue would be more considered.
It is funny that even though the narrator is considered to be a member of the middle class in the colony, she separates herself from it when it comes to slavery. Because of her rank class in the plantation setting, it seems likely she would have had slaves but this is never mentioned. It seems weird that someone who would revere Oroonoko so highly, even higher than some of her fellow colonists, would feel right owning slaves. Of course this is only a guess based upon the brief description of the narrator given. Whenever the narrator mentions ...

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