The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano / written by himself with related documents ; edited with an introduction by Robert J. Allison, Suffolk University.
| Uniform Title: | Bedford series in history and culture.
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| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Bedford/St Martin's, MacMillan Learning,
[2016]
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Series: | Bedford series in history and culture.
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| Physical Description: | xi, 237 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- pt. 1. Introduction: Equiano's worlds. Olaudah Equiano and the eighteenth-century world ; Equiano and the antislavery movement ; African identities in the new world ; Equiano's Narrative as an abolitionist tool ; The question of Equiano's origins ; The literary context of Equiano's Narrative ; Equiano's legacy.
- pt. 2. The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, written by himself.
- pt. 3. Related documents. Olaudah Equiano, Letter to James Tobin, January 28, 1788 ; Olaudah Equiano, Letter to the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, February 7, 1789 ; Olaudah Equiano, Letter to Thomas Hardy, May 28, 1792 ; William Blake, illustrations for Narrative, of a five years' expedition ... by John G. Stedman, 1796.
- Appendixes. An Equiano chronology ; Questions for consideration.