The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings: Revised Edition by Olaudah Equiano Paperback Book

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Rent The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings: Revised Edition

Author: Olaudah Equiano

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Published: May 2003

Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage

Retail Price: $15.00

Pages: 432

Synopsis

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 economics, The Interesting Narrative is a work of enduring literary and historical value.

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