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1789 autobiography of Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, first published in 1789 in London,^[1] is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano (c.

1745 – 31 March 1797), an African from what is now Nigeria who was enslaved in childhood and eventually earned his freedom and became an abolitionist in the United Kingdom.

The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano full text

The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano full text

THOMAs WALKER has great plea.

Abolitionist

Recent scholarship has raised doubts about whether or not abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, who was known in his own lifetime as Gustavus Vassa, was born in Africa.

Gustavus Vassa, born Olaudah Equiano, lived in what is today southern Nigeria, was sold into slavery, and was eventually able to purchase his freedom.

The narrative is argued to represent a variety of styles, such as a slavery narrative, travel narrative, and spiritual narrative.^[2] The book describes Equiano's time spent in enslavement, and keeps track of his attempts at becoming an independent man through his study of the Bible, and his success in the end in gaining his own freedom and in business thereafter.

Main themes

• Slavery in West Africa vs. slavery in the Americas
• The African slave's voyage from Africa (Igbo Land) to the Americas and England
• The cross