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Written by himself 1789 behold, god is my salvation. The project gutenberg ebook of the interesting narrative of the life. The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, or. This is the totally amazing autobiography of olaudah equiano pronounced ohlaoodah ehqueeahno, who went from being a free young man in africa to being a slave to other africans to being a slave to whites in the caribbean and american south, and through his faith, honestly, morality, and love for his fellow man of all races he attained. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on litcharts. In 1789 he published his autobiography, the interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano or gustavus vassa, the african. Olaudah equiano describes national humanities center. Start studying the interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano. It discusses his time spent in slavery, serving primarily on galleys, documents his attempts at becoming an independent man through his study of the bible, and his eventual success in gaining his own freedom and in business thereafter. The text recounts the life of equiano leading up to the writing of the narrative itself. Olaudah equiano describes his homeland in west africa. The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano or. Pdf the life of olaudah equiano ebooks includes pdf. Teach your students to analyze literature like litcharts does.
He was sent to barbados, then to colonial virginia, and then sold to a british naval officer. Jan 20, 2017 the interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, or gustavus vassa, the african, written by himself audiobook by olaudah equiano 17451797 who. The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano ebook written by olaudah equiano. The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, or gustavus vassa olaudah equiano format. The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano is olaudah equiano s autobiography. In the mid 1750s when he was about eleven years old, olaudah equiano was captured with his sister by slave traders in presentday southeastern nigeria. Equianos account of his birth and early life, and how he and his sister were kidnapped and enslaved. Mar 12, 2012 the life of olaudah equiano ebook written by olaudah equiano. I hanover historical texts project scanned and proofread by kathleen diekhoff, may 1998.
Interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano or. What strikes olaudah as he recalls his people is their similarity to the jews. An autobiography is a persons life story told from their own perspective. The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, or gustavus vassa, the african. Narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, free ebook global grey.
The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, or gustavusvassa, the. Global grey free pdf, epub, kindle ebook pages pdf. Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, or gustavus vassa full audiobook duration. Literature network standalone books the interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano chapter 10 chapter 10 the author leaves doctor irving and engages on board a turkey shipaccount of a black mans being kidnapped on board and sent to the west indies, and the authors fruitless endeavours to procure his freedomsome. His autobiography, published in 1789, helped in the creation of the slave trade act 1807 which ended the african trade for britain and its colonies.
And he was able to convey a first hand account of the voyage. Olaudah equiano has 82 books on goodreads with 33242 ratings. Mar 14, 2020 the interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, written in 1789, is the autobiography of olaudah equiano. The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano was a key work of nineteenthcentury slave narrative autobiography. The pigeonhole the interesting life of olaudah equiano by. May 01, 2009 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Proofread and pages added by jonathan perry, march 2001. In this chapter, olaudah equiano, or gustavas vassa, is very depressed for he believed his old master, pascal, was going to give him his freedom, yet olaudah was sold to a slave trader to be addressed as captain doran. Equiano effectively challenges concepts of englishness as an absolute ethnic category.
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