Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Or Gustavus Vassa, the African

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Produktbeschreibung

This 1789 autobiography of a former slave is a key work in the history of the abolitionist movement in Britain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9781108060226
• ISBN-10: 1108060226
• Artikelnr.: 37464530

Autorenporträt

Olaudah Equiano (c.1745-97) was a writer and abolitionist. Born in the Kingdom of Benin (now southern Nigeria), he was enslaved and taken to America, where he was put to work in several positions, including as a valet to a lieutenant in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War. He was able to purchase his freedom in 1766, and went on to pen an exposé of the horrors of slavery in his memoir, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
Subscribers
1. The author's account of his country
2. The author's birth and parentage
3. The author is carried to Virginia
4. The celebrated engagement between Admiral Boscowen and Monsieur Le Clue
5. Various interesting instances of oppression
6. Favourable change in the author's situation.