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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself
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by Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself
202
by Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano
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Overview
Equiano's narrative is the most significant autobiographical account of slavery to emerge from Britain's centuries as a slave trading and slave owning power. It remains as powerful today as it was when first published in 1789.
It tells the story of Equiano's remarkable life, recounting his years of slavery, working on ships that carried him across the empire and into battle during the Seven Years War, and the extraordinary story of how he was able to purchase his own freedom. Travelling to Britain as a free man Equiano settled in London and there became a leading figure in the early abolition movement. The publication of his narrative was carefully timed to coincide with the first attempt to abolish the slave trade. Describing his own experiences of slavery as both victim and witness, the book became a sensation and its author the most famous black person in Georgian Britain. In this new edition, leading historian David Olusoga sets the book in its historical context helping us to understand this complex, spiritual, politically astute and deeply passionate man. Although Equiano did not live to see the abolition of the slave trade or slavery his voice was critical to that that long campaign.Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781613822418 |
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Publisher: | Simon & Brown |
Publication date: | 01/24/2012 |
Pages: | 202 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.46(d) |
About the Author
Olaudah Equiano was born in 1745 in the former Kingdom of Benin. Sold into slavery at the age of ten, he purchased his freedom as an adult and became a leading figure in the abolitionist movement. His memoir The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, published in 1789, was a bestseller and went through nine different editions. He died in 1797.
Table of Contents
ForewordPreface
LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
PART ONE
Introduction: Equiano’s Worlds
Olaudah Equiano and the Eighteenth-Century World
Equiano and the Antislavery Movement
African Identities in the New World
Equiano’s Narrative as an Abolitionist Tool
The Question of Equiano’s Origins
The Literary Context of Equiano’s Narrative
Equiano’s Legacy
PART TWO
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself
Dedication
Volume I
Volume II
PART THREE
Related Documents
Olaudah Equiano, Letter to James Tobin, January 28, 1788
Olaudah Equiano, Letter to the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, February 7, 1789
Olaudah Equiano, Letter to Thomas Hardy, May 28, 1792
William Blake, Illustrations for Narrative, of a Five Years’ Expedition . . . by John G. Stedman, 1796
APPENDIXES
An Equiano Chronology
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Index
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