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Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Third Edition  ©2016 Robert J. Allison Formats: E-book, Print

Authors

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    Robert J. Allison

    Robert J. Allison (Ph.D., Harvard University) is a professor and chair of the History Department at Suffolk University. His books include The American Revolution: A Very Short Introduction, A Short History of Boston, and The Crescent Obscured: The United States and the Muslim World, 1776–1815. He produced "Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies" for the Teaching Companys Great Courses. He is vice president of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts and a fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Maps and Illustrations

Part One

Introduction: Equiano’s Worlds

Olaudah Equiano and the Eighteenth-Century World

Equiano and the Antislavery Movement

African Identities in the New World

Equiano’s Narrative as an Abolitionist Tool

The Question of Equiano’s Origins

The Literary Context of Equiano’s Narrative

Equiano’s Legacy

Part two

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself

Dedication

Volume I

Volume II

Part Three

Related Documents

1. Olaudah Equiano, Letter to James Tobin, January 28, 1788

2. Olaudah Equiano, Letter to Thomas Hardy, May 28, 1792

3. Mary Wollstonecraft, Review of Equiano’s Narrative, 1789

4. The Declaration of Independence, 1776

5. The Debate over the Slave Trade at the Constitutional Convention, August 22, 1787

Appendixes

An Equiano Chronology (1741-1886)

Questions for Consideration

Selected Bibliography

Index

Product Updates

This revised edition of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Written by Himself, with Related Documents continues to offer a vivid account of the eighteenth-century Western world through the experiences of one individual. Robert J. Allisons introduction, which places Equianos narrative in the context of the Atlantic slave trade, has been revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship surrounding this topic. Additions to the Related Documents include a contemporary review of The Narrative, as well as excerpts from the Declaration of Independence and the debate over the Slave Trade at the Constitutional Convention, which serve to anchor Equiano’s story within the U.S. history narrative. Helpful footnotes provide guidance throughout the eighteenth-century text, and a chronology and updated Questions for Consideration and Selected Bibliography aid students in their study of this thought-provoking narrative.

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