Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African

According to the famous autobiography written in 1789, Olauda Ecuano (1745-1797) was born in Nigeria. He was kidnapped in childhood and sold slavery, he was regarded as a slave to the new world. As a slave to the British navy captain, he later became a Quaker merchant and eventually won his free price after careful dealings and savings. As a sailor, he traveled the world including the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Atlantic and Arctic, the latter trying to reach the Arctic. After coming to London, he took part in the abolition of slave trade, so that he wrote and published "an interesting story of the life of the Ordera Ignano", or Gustav Vassar of Africa (1789) . A year of powerful abolitionists' autobiography. This book became a best seller, and in addition to promoting anti - slavery, it also enriched Equiano. These pages are designed to reflect the best content of the Equino Scholarship. For details, please click the following link. Information will be updated on a regular basis, so please return to this site as soon as possible.

'Olaudah Equiano: Which will you download, Africa or America? 'Articles first published in the journal 1650-1850 in 2008

Please download "Olaudah Equiano: Africa Guernsey" from the first published article in the 2003 Guernsee Society Review.

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Equiano, Olaudah (Gustavus Vassa) (1745-1797) Autobiography, abolitionist Olaudah Equiano published the lifetime of Olaudah Equiano in 1789, or an interesting story of Gustavus Vassa in Africa. Tradition of slave stories. - American literature Equiano witnessed the atrocities of slave trade across the Atlantic Ocean, helped terminate the slave trade in the UK and became the most influential African American writer of the 18th century. The son of Orauda Ecuano, leader of Ibo in Benin province of Africa, now known as Nigeria, was born in 1745. In 1756, at the age of 11, he was kidnapped by an African merchant and sold to a British slave. He was sent to Barbados in the West Indies and then to Virginia. So, the British navy's lieutenant Michael Henry Pascal sent him to Virginia.

Abstract: Olauda Ecuano, the slave of the 18th century, was kidnapped from West Africa, sent to the West Indies and the UK, and his interests in the life of Olauda Ecuano, or his experience at Gustav Vassa (1789) in Africa Recorded. Equiano was able to buy his freedom at an early age and began traveling the adventure of trade around the world. The story of Equiano is unique as it is a semi-slave story and a half travel book. He has learned many Western ways of thinking, and his story is often inconsistent with slave experience and attitude of European imperialism. Ecuano became "dissident colonyist". * Period: 18c

When reading Olaudah Equiano's "Interesting story of the life of Olaudah Equiano" and excerpts from African Gustavus Vassa, remember that the collection page is part of a larger piece. If you are interested in the abstract version, you can find online full-text version at http://history.hanover.edu/texts/equiano/equiano_contents.html. The story of Equiano introduced us to us first before seeing slaves, and it is difficult to ignore the similarity between the opening of Equiano and the opening of Benjamin Franklin in his autobiography It was. Publications to Franklin's son and publications of future generations may benefit from his experience and Equiano publishes his friends and wants it. It may even be "human interest" (753)