Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano - Or Gustavus Vassa, the African

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This 1789 autobiography of a former slave is a key work in the history of the abolitionist movement in Britain. Zusammenfassung 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 of the transatlantic slave trade. It is also a significant work of black British history and literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis 7. The author's disgust at the West Indies; 8. Three remarkable dreams; 9. The author arrives at Martinico; 10. The manner of the author's conversion to the faith of Jesus Christ; 11. Picking up eleven miserable men at sea; 12. Different transactions of the author's life.

Product details

• Authors: Olaudah Equiano
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781108060233
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06023-3
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition; Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies