Date: 1789
"Then he assured me, that one sin unatoned for was as sufficient to damn a soul as one leak was to sink a ship."
preview | full record— Equiano, Olaudah [Gustavus Vasa] (c. 1745-1797)
Date: 1789
"One day I was standing on the very edge of the stern of the ship, thinking to drown myself; but this scripture was instantly impressed on my mind--'That no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him'."
preview | full record— Equiano, Olaudah [Gustavus Vasa] (c. 1745-1797)