The Life Of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African - Couverture souple

Equiano, Olaudah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 048640661X ISBN 13 : 9780486406619

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2000

Synopsis

Book by Equiano Olaudah

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Born in Nigeria in 1745, Olaudah Equiano was a well-known African abolitionist. Equiano was shipped to the West Indies as a child-slave, and then to England where he was purchased by Lieutenant Michael Pascal and trained as a seaman before serving in The Seven Years War. At the conclusion of hostilities, Pascal did not free Equiano as promised, but instead sold him to Captain James Doran who then sold Equiano to James King, a merchant from Philadelphia. In 1765, King let Equiano purchase his freedom for forty pounds, and helped him earn money in his stead as a merchant. Now a free man, Equiano returned to London where he made significant contributions to the abolitionist movement, and published his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, which influenced the Slave Trade Act of 1807. Equiano is believed to have died in 1797 at the age of 52.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, and a precursor to the famous nineteenth-century slave narratives, Equiano's narrative recounts his kidnapping in Africa aged ten, his service as a slave of an officer in the British Navy for ten years, and his life after he bought his freedom in 1766, growing to become one of the foremost figures of the anti-slavery movement in Britain. This true story is a spirited autobiography, a tale of spiritual quest and fulfillment and a sophisticated treatise on religion, politics and economics.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 048640661X
• ISBN 13: 9780486406619
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192