Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
View through CrossRef
During the four hundred years of the transatlantic slave trade, some 15 million Africans were forced to endure the passage to the Western Hemisphere, and a large percentage of them died in the journey. Olaudah Equiano was kidnapped as a child from his home what is now Nigeria by slave traders in the early 1700s. He was shipped to the island of Barbados and later sold into slavery in Virginia where he was renamed Gustavus Vassa. Unlike most of his contemporaries, Equiano was taught to read and write, and he was able to earn money of his own while working for an American merchant. In 1766, he used his savings to purchase his freedom and eventually settled in Great Britain.
Title: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
Description:
During the four hundred years of the transatlantic slave trade, some 15 million Africans were forced to endure the passage to the Western Hemisphere, and a large percentage of them died in the journey.
Olaudah Equiano was kidnapped as a child from his home what is now Nigeria by slave traders in the early 1700s.
He was shipped to the island of Barbados and later sold into slavery in Virginia where he was renamed Gustavus Vassa.
Unlike most of his contemporaries, Equiano was taught to read and write, and he was able to earn money of his own while working for an American merchant.
In 1766, he used his savings to purchase his freedom and eventually settled in Great Britain.
Related Results
Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, as he was known during his lifetime (b. 1745?–d. 1797), was a writer and polemicist of extraordinary abilities. His Interesting Narrative inform...
Revisiting Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa
Revisiting Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa
The backlash against challenging the origin story of Olaudah Equiano, author of the influential autobiography The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the A...
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Nigerian-born Olaudah Equiano (c.1745–97), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was sold into slavery as a child and endured the horrors of the transatlantic slave ships. He later worked ...
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Nigerian-born Olaudah Equiano (c.1745–97), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was sold into slavery as a child and endured the horrors of the transatlantic slave ships. He later worked ...
Der interessante Lebensbericht von Olaudah Equiano oder Gustavus Vassa, dem Afrikaner. Berichtet von ihm selbst
Der interessante Lebensbericht von Olaudah Equiano oder Gustavus Vassa, dem Afrikaner. Berichtet von ihm selbst
«Übersetzung und Einleitung erschließen den außerordentlichen Lebensbericht Olaudah Equianos klar und einfühlsam; gerade durch die Positionierung in den religiösen und politischen ...
Equiano, Olaudah (Gustavus Vasa)
Equiano, Olaudah (Gustavus Vasa)
Olaudah Equiano was an outstanding 18th-century African of Igbo descent. He wrote and published a memoir that documented his life in Africa before enslavement, his life as a slave,...
Analiza prikaza afrikanerskog identiteta u povijesnim romanima Karela Schoemana iz postkolonijalne perspektive
Analiza prikaza afrikanerskog identiteta u povijesnim romanima Karela Schoemana iz postkolonijalne perspektive
This dissertation analyzes the narrative strategies in five novels by the South African author Karel Schoeman, specifically the way in which they undermine key historiographical st...
African American Humor
African American Humor
The sophistication of the African American humor tradition testifies to its centrality in African American culture. Since its initial emergence in the contexts of enslavement, wher...