LoginThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)
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An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an important precursor to such famous nineteenth-century slave narratives as Frederick Douglass's autobiographies, Olaudah Equiano's Narrative recounts his kidnapping in Africa at the age of ten, his service as the slave of an officer in the British Navy, his ten years of labor on slave ships until he was able to purchase his freedom in 1766, and his life afterward as a leading and respected figure in the antislavery movement in England. A spirited autobiography, a tale of spiritual quest and fulfillment, and a sophisticated treatise on religion, politics, and economic
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Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Release date: 25 September 2003
ISBN-10 : 0142437166 | ISBN-13: 9780142437162
Release date: 25 September 2003
ISBN-10 : 0142437166 | ISBN-13: 9780142437162
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