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A son of Africa / Aimimage Productions for the BBC ; producer, Hugh Williams ; director, Alrick Riley ; writer, Danny Padmore.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Black studies in video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abolitionists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Abolitionists.
- African Americans--Biography.
- African Americans.
- Antislavery movements.
- Biographical films.
- Black people--Great Britain--Biography.
- Black people.
- Documentary films.
- Freed persons--Great Britain--Biography.
- Freed persons.
- Slave trade--Africa.
- Slave trade.
- Slavery--Great Britain.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--United States.
- Enslaved persons--Great Britain--Biography.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Biography.
- Great Britain--Race relations--History--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- United States--Race relations--History--18th century.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (29 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1996.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- Summary:
- A docudrama based on the book, The interesting narrative of the life of Oloudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vaasa the African, which was the first influential slave autobiography. When it was published in 1789, it fueled a growing anti-slavery movement in the U.S. and England. This production employs dramatic reconstruction, archival material and interviews with scholars. Equiano's narrative begins in the West African village where he was kidnapped into slavery in 1756. He was shipped to a Virginia plantation and then later sold again to a British naval officer. Here he learned to read and write, became a skilled trader, eventually bought his freedom and married into English society where he became a leading abolitionist.
- Notes:
- Date from original disc label.
- Originally produced for television in 1995.
- Contains:
- Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797. Interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano.
- OCLC:
- 840838377
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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