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by Olaudah Equiano (Author), Vincent Carretta (Editor) "AN invidious falsehood having appeared in the Oracle of the 25th,2 and the Star of the 27th of April 1792,3 with a view to hurt..." (more)
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Product details

  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; Rev. Ed edition (25 Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0142437166
  • ISBN-13: 978-0142437162
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 94,395 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #9 in  Books > Biography > Social & Health Issues > Slavery
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Olaudah Equiano's "Narrative" recounts his kidnapping in Africa at the age of 11, his service as the slave of an officer in the British Navy, and his years of labour on slave ships until he was able to purchase his freedom in 1766. As a free man on a Central American plantation, he supervised slaves; increasingly disgusted by his co-workers, he returned to England in 1777. In England he worked for the resettlement of blacks in Sierra Leone, married an Englishwoman, and became a leading and respected figure in the anti-slaver movement. An autobiography, a tale of spiritual quest and fulfilment, a treatise on religion, politics and economics, "The Interesting Narrative" is a work of enduring literary and historical value.

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An account of the slave trade by a native African, former slave and loyal British subject, The Interesting Narrative is both an exciting, often terrifying, adventure story and an important precursor to such famous 19th century slave narratives as Frederick Douglas's autobiography. Oludah Equiano's Narrative recounts his kidnapping in Africa at the age of 10, his service as the slave of an officer in the British Navy and his years of labour on slave ships until he was able to purchase his freedom in 1766. As a free man on a Central American plantation, he supervised slaves; increasingly disgusted by his co-workers, he returned to England in 1774. In England he worked for the resettlement of blacks in Sierra Leone, married an Englishwoman and became a leading and respected figure in the anti-slave movement. A spirited autobiography, a tale of spiritual quest and fulfilment, a sophisticated treatise on religion, politics, and economics, The Interesting Narrative is a work of enduring literary and historical value. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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AN invidious falsehood having appeared in the Oracle of the 25th,2 and the Star of the 27th of April 1792,3 with a view to hurt my character,4 and to discredit and prevent the sale of my Narrative, asserting, that I was born in the Danish island of Santa Cruz, in the West Indies,5 it is necessary that, in this edition, I should take notice thereof, and it is only needful of me to appeal to those numerous and respectable persons of character who knew me when I first arrived in England, and could speak no language but that of Africa.6 Read the first page
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