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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano / written by himself, with related documents ; edited with an introduction by Robert J. Allison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797.
- Series:
- Bedford series in history and culture
- The Bedford series in history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797.
- Equiano, Olaudah.
- Enslaved persons--Great Britain--Biography.
- Enslaved persons.
- Great Britain.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Biography.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Introduction: Equiano's Worlds 7
- Olaudah Equiano and the Eighteenth-Century World 8
- Equiano and the Antislavery Movement 12
- African Identities in the New World 19
- Equiano's Narrative as an Abolitionist Tool 21
- The Question of Equiano's Origins 24
- The Literary Context of Equiano's Narrative 27
- Equiano's Legacy 31
- Part 2 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself 37
- Part 3 Related Documents 215
- Olaudah Equiano, Letter to James Tobin, January 28, 1788 215
- Olaudah Equiano, Letter to the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, February 7, 1789 219
- Olaudah Equiano, Letter to Thomas Hardy, May 28, 1792 220
- William Blake, Illustrations for Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition ... by John G. Stedman, 1796 222.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-236) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1403971560
- OCLC:
- 70108925
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