The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Written by Himself (Dodo Press) by Olaudah Equiano
It is accompanied by an introduction, maps, illustrations, and annotations. Contexts provides essential public writings on the autobiography, general and historical background, related travel and scientific literature, other eighteenth-century works by authors of African ancestry, and works debating the slave trade. Criticism includes six contemporary reviews and nine modern essays on the narrative by Paul Edwards, Charles T. Davis, Houston A. Baker, Jr., Angelo Costanzo, Catherine Obianju Acholonu, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Geraldine Murphy, Adam Potkay, and Robert J. Allison. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included.Olaudah Equiano, also known as Gustavus Vassa, was a writer and abolitionist from the Eboe region of the Kingdom of Benin, according to his memoir. He was enslaved as a child and sold as a slave to a Royal Navy commander in the Caribbean. He was sold two more times until buying his freedom in 1766.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781406524925 |
| ISBN 10 | 1406524921 |
| Title | The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Written by Himself (Dodo Press) |
| Author | Olaudah Equiano |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dodo Press |
| Year published | 2007-05-04 |
| Number of pages | 204 |
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