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Olaudah Equiano
Slave narratives are powerful indictments of the horrors of slavery and oppression, invaluable not only for the stories they tell but also for the consistently high quality of their literary…
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The most famous slave memoir of the 18th century. Equiano's Travels recounts the extraordinary life and times of Olaudah Equiano, from his early life in Africa to his struggle for…
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Relates the experiences of an African prince who was kidnapped into slavery in 1755 and followed his various masters from the Americas to Europe and through the Caribbean.
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In The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, the author recounts his journey from African enslavement to freedom. Through vivid storytelling, Equiano offers a powerful, firsthand perspective on…
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Olaudah Equiano, Gustavus Vassa
Olaudah Equiano was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the British debate for the abolition of the slave trade. He wrote an autobiography that depicted…
Unabridged English value reproduction of The Life of Olaudah Equiano. This classic is a must read because Olaudah writes as if the reader is right there with him, relating his…
This memoir is a slave narrative, travel tale, and spiritual journey all-in-one…his life is a tale of terror as well as an exciting adventure.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
One of the earliest known published works written by an African author, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano was a groundbreaking memoir that helped pave the way…
Reproduction of the original: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavo Vassa, The African by Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. The book describes Equiano’s time spent in enslavement, and documents his attempts at becoming an…
In his important slave memoir, Olaudah Equiano tells the story of a boy who was kidnapped in Africa and enslaved in America, who purchased his freedom and then became a…
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself was the first work that influenced the nineteenth-century genre of slave narrative autobiographies…
Title: The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African.
Author: Olaudah Equiano
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca…
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano… . VOLUME II. EVERY day now brought me nearer my freedom, and I was impatient till we proceeded again to sea…
Facsimile reprint. Originally published: 1789.
The author's account of his country, and their manners and customs-Administration of justice-Embrenche-Marriage ceremony, and public entertainments-Mode of living-Dress-Manufactures Buildings-Commerce-Agriculture-War and religion-Superstition of the natives-Funeral ceremonies of the priests or…
Olaudah Equiano known in his lifetime as Gustavus Vassa was a freed slave of Igbo extraction from the eastern part of present-day Nigeria, who supported the British movement to end…
Title: The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African.Author: Olaudah EquianoPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin…
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