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The book describes Equiano's time spent in enslavement, and documents his attempts at becoming an independent man through his study of the Bible, and his eventual success in gaining his own freedom and in business thereafter. Main themes. Slavery in West Africa vs. slavery in the Americas.
Internet Archive. Language. English. xi, 244 pages : 21 cm. More than just a fascinating story, Olaudah Equiano's autobiography -- the first slave narrative to be widely read -- reveals many aspects of the eighteenth-century Western world through the experiences of one individual.
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself. Vol. I: Electronic Edition. Equiano, Olaudah, b. 1745 Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the electronic publication of this title. Text transcribed by Apex Data Services, Inc.
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Equiano’s Narrative is often considered the prototypical slave narrative, even though it doesn’t perfectly fit into the structure of slavery, escape, and freedom that tends to encapsulate the form. But it is one of the first in a long tradition of memoirs by former slaves that often agitate for the end of slavery through a personal story ...
by Jacob Mann. Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography is the first direct account, written by a slave, of the experience of the middle passage in English. Not only this, but it is a beautifully written memoir that contains an ardent appeal to end slavery made to an audience comprised of the growing number of Britons then calling for abolition.
17. März 2005 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself Credits: Produced by Suzanne Shell, Diane Monico and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Language: English: LoC Class: HT: Social sciences: Communities, Classes, Races: Subject: Enslaved persons -- United States ...
An important document in the history of slavery and immigration, it remains a classic work of black writing. Volume 2 recounts how Equiano achieved his freedom, his conversion to Christianity, his experience of shipwreck in the West Indies, and his life in England.
