The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
by Olaudah Equiano, Robert J. Allison, and Rebecka Rutledge Fisher
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African (1789), is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. The narrative employs a variety of styles, such as a slavery narrative, travel narrative, and spiritual narrative. The book details Equiano’s journey from gaining his own freedom from enslavement to becoming a successful business man through his study of the Bible.
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African (1789), is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. The narrative employs a variety of styles, such as a slavery narrative, travel narrative, and spiritual narrative. The book details Equiano's journey from gaining his own freedom from enslavement to becoming a successful business man through his study of the Bible.
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
2022-02-15, Ryerson Pressbooks, Pressbooks
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Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself
Apr 15, 2016, Bedford/St. Martin's
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself
Sep 26, 2016, Simon & Brown
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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African
2008, Wilder Publications
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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African
2001, Broadview Press
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The Interesting Narrative in the Life of Olaudah Equiano
October 2000, W. W. Norton & Company
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Equiano's travels: his autobiography : the interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African
1989, Heinemann
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Equiano's travels: his autobiography 'The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African'
1967, Heinemann
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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
1789, Printed for, and sold by the author, no. 10, Union-Street, Middlesex Hospital; sold also by Mr. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard; Mr. Murray, Fleet-Street; Messrs. Robson and Clark, Bond-Street; Mr. Davis, opposite Gray's Inn, Holborn; Messrs. Shepperson and Reynolds, and Mr. Jackson, Oxford-Street; Mr. Lackington, Chiswell-Street; Mr. Mathews, Strand; Mr. Murray, Prince's-Street, Soho; Mess. Taylor and Co. South Arch, Royal Exchange; Mr. Button, Newington-Causeway; Mr. Parsons, Paternoster-Row; and may be had of all the booksellers in Town and Country.
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, details its writer's life in slavery, his time spent serving on galleys, the eventual attainment of his own freedom and later success in business. Including a look at how slavery stood in West Africa, the book received favorable reviews and was one of the first slave narratives to be read widely.
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