Paul E. Isert, a Dane, arrived in Ghana (then the Gold Coast) in
1783, taking advantage of an opening in the slave trade between
Guinea and the West Indies. He was appointed as chief surgeon to
the Danish establishments on the Guinea Coast. In 1786 he sailed to
the West Indies with a cargo of slaves, who revolted. His
experiences in Ghana and the West Indies resolved him to end the
trans-Atlantic slave abuse. This book is written in the form of
letters to his father. An elusive character, it is clear that he
nonetheless had an unreservedly positive attitude towards Africa
and its indigenous peoples, and an equally negative attitude
towards the Europeans on the Guinea coast. An admirer of Rousseau's
philosophy, he was concerned about the corrupting influence of the
European "civilisation" on the "Blacks." His writing attempts at
objectivity, seeking to find the common humanity. He claims that
the "Black" was, at least equal to tat of the "European,"which was
not shared by his Danish predecessors. This is the first English
language edition of his original Danish letters, previously
published in German, Dutch, French, and Swedish.
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