Chapter 14
Friday's submission gesture and naming; the master-servant language established.
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From Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The novel's representation of Friday, the island as colony, and Crusoe's sovereign claims have made it the foundational text of postcolonial critique, from Coetzee's Foe to countless rereadings.
Chapter 3
The original voyage that wrecked Crusoe was a slaving expedition to Guinea, a crucial detail for colonial readings.
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Crusoe's later return to the island and arrangements for its colonization with Spaniards and Englishmen sharing the territory.
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