The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself: With Two Maps (Aziloth Books) - Olaudah Equiano - Boeken - Aziloth Books - 9781911405672 - 4 juni 2018
Indien omslag en titel niet overeenkomen, is de titel correct

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself: With Two Maps (Aziloth Books)

Olaudah Equiano

Prijs
€ 17,99

Besteld in een afgelegen magazijn

Verwachte levering 23 dec. - 2 jan. 2025
Kerstcadeautjes kunnen tot en met 31 januari worden ingewisseld
Voeg toe aan uw iMusic-verlanglijst

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself: With Two Maps (Aziloth Books)

A best seller of its time, Olaudah Equiano's story of his life as a slave in the second half of the eighteenth century continues to this day to aid our understanding of the Atlantic slave trade and our fight against modern slavery.

According to his memoir, eleven-year old Equiano and his sister were kidnapped from their village (in what is now southern Nigeria) by African slavers. He changed owners several times before being taken to the coast and forced aboard a slave ship destined for Barbados, ending up working for three different slave masters in journeys that took him around the West Indies and across the Atlantic.

Although slavery was part of the culture of many African tribes, including his own, the Eboes, what incensed Equiano more than anything was the heartless cruelty of the transatlantic slavers. His Christian conversion also later prompted him to abhor the institution of slavery itself no matter where it was practised.

Equiano bought his freedom after some 20 years in servitude and, many travels later, settled in England where, as a British citizen, he joined with white and black abolitionists to campaign for the end of slavery in Britain's colonies.


152 pages, 2 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white

Media Boeken     Paperback Book   (Boek met zachte kaft en gelijmde rug)
Vrijgegeven 4 juni 2018
ISBN13 9781911405672
Uitgevers Aziloth Books
Pagina's 152
Afmetingen 228 × 153 × 13 mm   ·   213 g
Taal en grammatica Engels  

Alles tonen

Meer door Olaudah Equiano