El autor nació en 1745 en una aldea ibo de la actual Nigeria. Fue secuestrado a los once años y, tras pasar por sucesivos amos africanos, fue vendido a unos traficantes blancos que le embarcaron en un buque esclavista hasta la isla de Barbad...
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution...
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution...
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution...
Gustavus Vassa (alias Olaudah Equiano, the African) was on the vanguard of the anti-slavery movement in England at the end of the eighteenth century. He provided a voice for people of African descent in the British Atlantic world. His Interesting Narrativ...
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...
Published in 1789, Equianoâs autobiography was the first of its kind to influence a wide audience. He told the story of his life and suffering as a slave. He describes scenes of outrageous torture and made it clear to his readers how...
This is an autobiography, a tale of spiritual quest and fulfilment and a treatise on religion, politics and economics. It recounts Olaudah Equiano's kidnapping from Africa, aged ten, his service as a slave in the British Navy and his life after he...