It is a story of an African prince and his beloved wife Imoinda, who are captured by the British and brought to Surinam as slaves. 
 Because of Oroonoko's high social status as a former prince, superior education, and spectacular physical appearance, Oroonoko is never sent to work. He was asking for his freedom over and over while they feed him with lies, Oroonoko realizes he will never be free... 
 I don't want to say more, all i can say is that i had mixed feeling for the book and the character since he was selling slaves himself before ending up a slave