The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African
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4.4 • 34 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, first published in 1789, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. The book describes Equiano's time spent in slavery, and 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.
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The book documents the tale of an African from his time in his homeland to the enslavement in the Americas.
Because it is written from the Journals of his travels aboard many ships, the narrative is very choppy and in cohesive in the fact in switches subjects drastically.
But once you get past the writing style, it really does give an detailed insight on the relationship between the Natives, Africans, and Europeans during that time in human history.