The Life of Olaudah Equiano, Gustavus Vassa the African
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Author | : Olaudah Equiano |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2024-01-18 |
ISBN-10 | : EAN:8596547814900 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Life of Olaudah Equiano, Gustavus Vassa the African by : Olaudah Equiano
Book excerpt: "The Life of Olaudah Equiano" is one of the earliest-known examples of published writing by an African writer and the first influential slave narrative of what became a large literary genre. Equiano's autobiography helped in the creation of the Slave Trade Act 1807 which ended the African slave trade for Britain and its colonies. Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 1797), known in his lifetime as Gustavus Vassa was a freed slave of Igbo extraction from the eastern part of present-day Nigeria, who supported the British movement to end the slave trade.