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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African: With linked Table of Contents by [Olaudah Equiano]

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Olaudah Equiano was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the British debate for the abolition of the slave trade. He wrote an autobiography that depicted the horrors of slavery and helped influence British lawmakers to abolish the slave trade through the Slave Trade Act of 1807. This is his story. "I hope the reader will not think I have trespassed on his patience in introducing myself to him with some account of the manners and customs of my country. They had been implanted in me with great care, and made an impression on my mind, which time could not erase, and which all the adversity and variety of fortune I have since experienced served only to rivet and record; for, whether the love of one's country be real or imaginary, or a lesson of reason, or an instinct of nature, I still look back with pleasure on the first scenes of my life, though that pleasure has been for the most part mingled with sorrow." -Olaudah Equiano

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00TUZHHLQ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wilder Publications (June 10, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 10, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1161 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 148 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #321,843 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #50 in Minority Studies
- #367 in African American Studies
- #1,422 in Black & African American Biographies

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Deborah Miranda

Inspiration

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 25, 2022

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This is a first hand account of life in 1700’s from pastoral village life in Africa to capture, enslavement, purchased freedom, life in Europe, adventure on the high seas & eventually salvation in Christ Jesus

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Loken Clan of Jamaica

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Easy and adjustable in daily knowledge content, they are also the ultimate game changers in how you uncover your history, American History.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 1, 2022

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A fascinating life explained in great detail, and a first person insight into the brutality and inhumanity of the colonial slave trade. This book answered a number of questions that I have always held about the origins of African slave trade… A must read for today's original sin of America. This book title came to me by way of Ryan Holidays daily Stoic newsletter.

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ljay85

Good story, bad print copy

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 23, 2021

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It had extra margin, as though the intended page had been shrunk to fit. The type is tiny and close together; uncomfortable to read. I've already know the story and wanted a copy of my own, but not this one.

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M Clement Hall

Diary of a slave in the West Indies

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 13, 2018

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There seems to be a lot of reviews for other versions of this book, and I believe the cheapest version also deserves one.
The book is fascinating. It is in effect the diary of a man seized as a boy in central Africa by members of his own tribe and sold into slavery. An account is given of his progressive "sales" across Africa until he reached the coast and was embarked on a slave ship. Whether he had "rose tinted memories" or was lucky, his treatment as a boy was better than the average, until he reached the British West Indies. Thereafter his treatment was always better than one might expect and he describes the life (or his life) as a slave with relative freedom to move around and engage in minor trade. One is struck with his attitude towards slavery which he seems to regard as perfectly normal if undesirable to be one, The account was written at a time when he was a free man if in Britain or a slave if in the West Indies. He went on to serve on board ship and that account is in itself of interest.

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C Hamilton

Intriguing Book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 2, 2021

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Getting started was the hard part, the font is extremely small, made it work. Enjoy the book.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 13, 2021

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I love this book. I enjoyed every bit of the story. It is a well written story, easy to read and easy to understand. The author describe his life as slave and former slave throughout the west indies, Europe and America. He describes how lucky he was to have a master that did not treat him as a common slave. He aslo describes and compare the quality of life of the slaves in Europe, west indies and America.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 17, 2019

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This should be part of the historical narrative of the diaspora. The writer gives eyewitness accounts of slavery from the horrors of it all including the Middle Passage, to the conditions on the plantations. His account also gives powerful credence to the Hebraic ancestry of many slaves especially the Igbo people. This was a surprise. His journey is unique but you are greeted with the fact that some of the best and brightest were enslaved, and the political, spiritual and community structure within communities was real. A quick must read for historical and basic educational purposes. If you are of the diaspora this is an excellent book.

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