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The Life of Olaudah Equiano Gustavus Vassa the African - cover

The Life of Olaudah Equiano Gustavus Vassa the African

Olaudah Equiano

Publisher: e-artnow

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"The Life of Olaudah Equiano" is one of the earliest-known examples of published writing by an African writer and the first influential slave narrative of what became a large literary genre. Equiano's autobiography helped in the creation of the Slave Trade Act 1807 which ended the African slave trade for Britain and its colonies.  Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 1797), known in his lifetime as Gustavus Vassa was a freed slave of Igbo extraction from the eastern part of present-day Nigeria, who supported the British movement to end the slave trade.
Available since: 12/14/2023.
Print length: 185 pages.

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