Equiano’s story is famously documented in the 1789 book he self-published, “The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African, as Published by Himself.” ...

In his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African, he tells the story of his youth in an African village, his kidnapping, his being ...

OUR ROOTS – Equiano Olaudah. Olaudah Equiano was a remarkable person in British history.He was snatched from his home, country and culture in West Africa at the age of eleven and not only did he ...

Equiano Stories is a modern take on the history of the slave trade. The vertical film uses first-person, social media-type posts to tell the story. Viewers first meet the 11-year-old and his ...

Equiano later recounted a conversation he had with a Mr. Drummond who boasted of selling 41,000 Africans into slavery. Drummond had once cut off a slave’s leg who had attempted to run away.

In 1789, Olaudah Equiano published a memoir titled The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; or, Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself. Equiano had been abducted from an ...

His memoir, “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano,” was an instant success, going through nine editions. To this day, Equiano’s work shimmers as a literary masterpiece ...

One of the few first-person slave narratives depicting the grim and gruesome life of a slave is “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African,” 1789.

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano first appeared in London in 1789 and went through nine editions, one of them in New York, over the next six years. The stark account given ...

Olaudah Equiano’s epic book tour for his bestselling firsthand account of slavery changed the British abolitionist movement. By Adam Hochschild. June 03, 2015 3:38 PM.