Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave

In Oroonoko, the eponymous hero is an African prince from Coramantien who is tricked into slavery and sold to European colonists in Surinam where he meets the narrator. Behn's text is a first-person account of Oroonoko's life, love, rebellion, and execution. Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave centers on the unlucky love story of Oroonoko, an African prince, and the beautiful Imoinda.