The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

Summary: A powerful, terrifying, uplifting, and true story of the life of a slave, stolen from Africa, his life as a slave to an officer of the British Navy, to him winning his freedom. An important historical work, it was instrumental in helping to influence the British parliament to outlaw the slave trade in 1807.

Record details

ISBN: 9781507503010 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
113 p. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 2015, c1789.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Reprint of a work originally published in 1789.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

The author's account of his country, their manners and customs, &c. -- The author's birth and parentage - His being kidnapped with his sister - Horrors of a slave ship -- The author is carried to Virginia -- Arrives in England -- His wonder at a fall of snow -- A particular account of the celebrated engagement between Admiral Boscawen and Monsieur Le Clue -- Various interesting instances of oppression, cruelty, and extortion -- Favourable change in the author's situation -- He commences merchant with threepence -- The author's disgust with the West Indies -- Forms schemes to obtain his freedom -- Three remarkable dreams -- The author is shipwrecked on the Bahama-bank -- The author arrives in Martinico -- Meets with new difficulties, and sails for England -- Some account of the manner of the author's conversion to the Faith of Jesus Christ -- Picking up eleven miserable men at sea and returning to England -- Different transactions of the author's life -- Petition to the Queen -- Conclusion.