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Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
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The Interesting Narrative Of The Life OF OLAUDAH EQUIANO Or GUSTAVUS VASSA THE AFRICAN
The Interesting Narrative Of The Life OF OLAUDAH EQUIANO Or GUSTAVUS VASSA THE AFRICAN
Published on Sep 21, 2013
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah EQUIANO (1745 - 1797) The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, is the autobiography 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 book contains an interesting discussion of slavery in West Africa and illustrates how the experience differs from the dehumanising slavery of the Americas. The Intereresting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is also one of the first widely read slave narratives. It was generally reviewed favorably.
Bridgewater State University Undergraduate Review
Bridgewater State University Undergraduate Review
Olaudah Equiano 's Views of Slavery in his "Narrative of the Life"
Olaudah Equiano 's Views of Slavery in his "Narrative of the Life"
https://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1005&context=undergrad_rev
"Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative ofthe Life ofOlaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself tells the story of a young man who was captured and put into slavery at the age of eleven. Equiano's journey from slavery to freedom takes place over the next ten years, not just at a physical level, but at both an intellectual and religious level as well. Equiano is truly a man of conflict, and his feelings towards slavery are complex and sometimes paradoxical. But ultimately he decides against the "peculiar institution" and makes a plea for the end of slavery. His views are forged from his own personal journey as a slave, specifically in the areas of class, religion, and his sense of economics in the marketplace..."
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