The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings
Completely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta\ An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an important precursor to such famous nineteenth-century slave narratives as Frederick Douglass's autobiographies, Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative recounts his kidnapping in Africa at the age of ten, his service as the slave of an officer in the British Navy, his ten years of labor on slave ships until he was able to purchase his freedom in...
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Part travel book and adventure story and part slave narrative, this famous autobiography recounts how the author was kidnapped in Africa at age 11 and later purchased his freedom and became a leading and respected figure in London's anti-slavery movement. The book also includes subscription lists (the Interesting Narrative was originally published in installments), explanatory and textual notes, correspondence and reviews, and Equiano's will. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Introduction\ Vincent Carretta\ A Note on the Text\ Acknowledgments\ A Note on Money\ Suggestions for Further Reading\ The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself\ Explanatory and Textual Notes\ Appendix A: The Frontispieces and Title Pages of the First London (1789) and New York (1791) Editions\ Appendix B: A Note on the Illustrations\ Appendix C: List of Subscribers to the First Edition\ Appendix D: List of Subscribers to the New York Edition\ Appendix E: Correspondence of Gustavus Vassa, or Olaudah Equiano, Not Published in The Interesting Narrative\ Appendix F: The Will and Codicil of Gustavus Vassa (Olaudah Equiano)
