An African's life : the life and times of Olaudah Equiano, 1745-1797

Author: Walvin, James
Published: New York : Continuum ; London : Cassell, 2000.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 205 pages) : illustrations

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Black Atlantic

Contents

Introduction: discovering Equiano -- Africa remembered -- Slave ships and landfall -- A slave at sea -- England, slaves and freedom -- West Indian slavery -- Working for freedom -- Freedom in the shadow of slavery -- Seeking salvation -- All at sea again -- Life in England -- Back to Africa -- The campaign against the slave trade -- The book -- Black enlightenment -- Decline, fall- and rediscovery.

Summary

The autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, a prominent African in late 18th-century Britain, is quoted, anthologized and interpreted in dozens of books and articles. More than any single contemporary, Equiano speaks for the fate of millions of Africans in the era of the transatlantic slave trade. This study attempts to create a rounded portrait of the man behind the literary image, and to study Equiano in the context of Atlantic slavery.

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ISBN

9781441120304 (electronic bk.)
1441120300 (electronic bk.)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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