Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative

Carey, Brycchan (2017) Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198707523

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Abstract

Published a few days before the British parliament first debated the abolition of the slave trade in 1789, Olaudah Equiano's Interesting Narrative gives the author's account of his enslavement after his childhood kidnapping in Africa, and his journey from slavery to freedom. Equiano was slave to a captain in the Royal Navy, and later to a Quaker merchant, and he vividly depicts the appalling treatment of enslaved people at sea and on land. He takes part in naval engagements, is shipwrecked, and has other exciting adventures on his travels to the Caribbean, America, and the Arctic. Equiano claimed his own freedom and became an important abolitionist, but his Narrative is much more than merely a political pamphlet. The most important African autobiography of the eighteenth century, it has achieved an increasingly central position among the century's great works of literature. The introduction to this edition surveys recent debates about Equiano's birthplace and identity, and considers his campaigning role and literary achievements.

Item Type:	Book
Subjects:	Q200 Comparative Literary studies V300 History by topic
Department:	Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Humanities
Related URLs:	Publisher
Depositing User:	Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2018 09:26
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2018 09:26
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/33075

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