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African's Life, 1745-1797:

The Life and Times of Olaudah Equiano
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Continuum International Publishing Group, Jun 1, 2000 - History - 205 pages
Equiano's autobiography, first published in 1789, is the most quoted, reprinted and widely-published writing by an African before the twentieth century. His powerful words spoke for the fate of millions of Africans in the era of the transatlantic slave trade.

Equiano was, by turns, African child, American slave, field hand, domestic servant, sailor (an explorer to the Arctic), free man and political activist in Britain, best-selling author and devoted family man. His life offers a unique entree into one man's personal odyssey through the traumas or enslavement and slavery at the height of Britain's massive Atlantic slave empire.

Myriad scholars have analyzed his work from literary and historical angles, but there has never been a biography of the man himself -- until now. James Walvin chronicles the life of this important historical figure and his crusade for black emancipation and enlightenment.

  

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Contents

Part One From Africa to Slavery
3
Slave Ships and Landfall
16
Part Two Varieties of Slavery
31
Part Three An English Life
91
Life in England
122
Part Four Public Figure
137
Black Enlightenment
173
Part Five Afterwards
185
Guide to Further Reading
196
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James Walvin, An African's Life: The Life and Times of Olaudah Equiano, 1745-1797 (Washington: Cassell, 1998). This biography retells Equiano's story. ...
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About the author (2000)

James Walvin taught for many years at the University of York where he is now Professor of History Emeritus. He also held visiting positions in the Caribbean, the U.S.A. and Australia. He won the prestigious Martin Luther King Memorial Prize for his book Black and White, and has published widely on the history of slavery and the slave trade, including more recently Black Ivory and A History of British Slavery. His book The People's Game was a pioneering study of the history of football and remains in print thirty years after its first publication. His latest book, The Trader, The Owner, The Slave: Parallel Lives in the Age of Slavery, will be published by Random House UK in March 2008.

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TitleAfrican's Life, 1745-1797: The Life and Times of Olaudah Equiano
Black Atlantic
AuthorJames Walvin
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherContinuum International Publishing Group, 2000
ISBN082644704X, 9780826447043
Length205 pages
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