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Regards croisés: James Henry Dorugu's Nineteenth-Century European Travel Account.

This article focuses on the little known travel account: The Life and Travels of Dorugu recorded by James Henry Dorugu in the 1850s. Dorugu was a freed slave, who traveled from Africa to Europe with the German explorer Heinrich Barth in 1855. Dorugu's story is a precious and rare eyewitness account...

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Published in:Journeys Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 1 - 31
Main Author: Winckler, Julia
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Berghahn Books 2009
Subjects:
Dorugu, James Henry
Eurocentrism
Imperialism
Travelers' writings
Travel writing
Voyages & travels
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost