The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

by Olaudah Equiano

Overview

Widely admired for its vivid accounts of the slave trade, Olaudah Equiano's autobiography -- the first slave narrative to attract a significant readership -- reveals many aspects of the eighteenth-century Western world through the experiences of one individual.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162947387
Publisher:	Interzone Books
Publication date:	04/05/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Also known as Gustavus Vassa, Olaudah Equiano was one of the most prominent Africans involved in the British movement of the abolition for the slave trade. Although enslaved as a young man, he purchased his freedom and worked as an author, merchant, and explorer in South America, the Caribbean, the Arctic, the American colonies, and the United Kingdom