The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, written by himself. Olaudah Equiano and the eighteenth-century world Equiano and the antislavery movement African identities in the new world Equiano's Narrative as an abolitionist tool The question of Equiano's origins The literary context of Equiano's Narrative Equiano's legacy. Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-236) and index Also included are illustrations, a chronology, questions for consideration, a bibliography, and an index This edition is the first in more than twenty-five years to offer the complete text of the Life together with a comprehensive twenty-page introduction and useful editorial apparatus designed to help students get the most out of this important work. 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.
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