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Olaudah Equiano
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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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 journey of an Igbo prince from captivity to freedom and literacy; his enslavement in the New World, service in the Seven Years War, voyages to the Arctic, other adventures.
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From The American Naturalist, July, 1903.
Published in 1789, Equiano’s autobiography was the first of its kind to influence a wide audience. He told the story of his life and suffering as a slave. He describes…
This is the story of a man who has never loved a woman.
Olaudah Equiano (c.1745-97) was born in Nigeria and sold into slavery as a child. His successful 1789 autobiography boosted the abolitionist cause and remains a classic account of the horrors…
Olaudah Equiano Vassa
This personal account depicts the narrative of Equiano’s life during his years as a slave: from being purchased as a valet to a Royal Navy Lieutenant and his consequent journeys…
Purchased as a valet to a Royal Navy Lieutenant, portraying his subsequent journeys at sea. He was taught to read and write in Britain and finally placed with Robert King…
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 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…
Olaudah Equiano was an influential African advocate of abolishing the slave trade in Britain during the late 18th century. This is his memoir.
Title: The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African.
Author: Olaudah Equiano
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
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Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca…
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…
In May 1769, soon after our return from Turkey, our ship made a delightful voyage to Oporto in Portugal, where we arrived at the time of the carnival. On our…
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…
Olaudah Equiano,Shelly Eversley
Olaudah Equiano,Gustavus Vassa
One of the earliest personal stories of a black slave in the eighteenth century being kidnapped from Africa as a child and sold to servitude in the West Indies and…
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…
Olaudah Equian
LARGE PRINT EDITION: I BELIEVE it is difficult for those who publish their own memoirs to escape the imputation of vanity; nor is this the only disadvantage under which they…
Facsimile reprint. Originally published: 1789.
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