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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African By Olaudah Equiano
- Sales Rank: #111636 in Books
- Published on: 2015-01-09
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.00" h x .46" w x 7.00" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 202 pages
About the Author
Born in Nigeria in 1745, Olaudah Equiano was a well-known African abolitionist. Equiano was shipped to the West Indies as a child-slave, and then to England where he was purchased by Lieutenant Michael Pascal and trained as a seaman before serving in The Seven Years War. At the conclusion of hostilities, Pascal did not free Equiano as promised, but instead sold him to Captain James Doran who then sold Equiano to James King, a merchant from Philadelphia. In 1765, King let Equiano purchase his freedom for forty pounds, and helped him earn money in his stead as a merchant. Now a free man, Equiano returned to London where he made significant contributions to the abolitionist movement, and published his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, which influenced the Slave Trade Act of 1807. Equiano is believed to have died in 1797 at the age of 52.
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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful.
"Brave Slave's Escapades"
By Bob Newman
How many millions of Africans were sold into slavery, died on the Atlantic crossing and suffered captivity as possessions of other humans till they died? Nobody knows, but the number is overwhelming. It was another, earlier holocaust brought about by a brutal combination of African rulers and Euro-American dealers. Unlike the survivors of the Holocaust during WW II, few Africans were literate, at least not in European languages, nor did they get access to pen and paper. So, we don't have the same number of stories. That's why this autobiography is so important. It tells in stark, yet very human terms, how a slave's life could go, from a slave's perspective. Olaudah Equiano, kidnapped at age 11, from his Nigerian village (of course, that nation had not come into existence yet), was sold and re-sold, shipped across the seas in a slave vessel with abominable conditions, then sold and sold again. He prayed continually for freedom, but did not win it for many years. Even `good' masters betrayed him, what to say of the devils who treated him worse than a dog. He survived battles, shipwrecks, the attentions of American kidnappers of freed slaves, and much more. He learned good English, reading, writing and navigation. At last, in the West Indies he bought his freedom with money he'd earned by bitter toil, returned to England and roamed no more. Born in 1745, he died in 1797, at about 52 years of age, having published this book eight years before.
Not only is this an interesting, amazing slave narrative of suffering and adventure, containing one of the earliest insider descriptions of African village life, it is also a monument to humanity. Olaudah Equiano, known to Europeans as "Gustavus Vassa", still had faith in God after all that had befallen him, he writes without much malice, but crying out against the evil of slavery with all his might. I think there are few people who advocate slavery today, but for those who would read of the triumph of the human spirit, this is your book. Read it !
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
Rare first-hand account of transatlantic slavery
By Paul Suni
What I have never understood about the transatlantic slave trade (and perhaps slavery more generally) is the apparent economical stupidities committed by the owners. I am not exactly a proponent of bringing back a more economically efficient version of it but here's the question: How can it make sense to spend lots of money buying slaves, shipping them across the ocean under circumstances where a significant fraction dies, and then treat them with extreme cruelty upon arrival in their new home? Wouldn't you be better off economically if you took good care of your property to maximize the return on your investment? Apparently Olaudah Equiano, aka Gustavus Vasa, wondered the same thing as he experienced first-hand this stupidity at work.
His book is remarkable in many ways, perhaps foremost that it exists at all. Obviously a man of high intelligence and craftiness he figured out how trade (not just with slaves) worked and made himself enough money to buy his freedom in the late 1700's. He then spent many years in England and the Carribean, and even made side-trips to the Mediterranean, Turkey, and the Arctic. While he from time to time owned slaves himself he, and at least some others at the time, clearly figured out that he could get more work done and greater loyalty if he treated them like humans.
The book is a very interesting account of much of his life and well worth a read. His religious conversion to Christianity likely played a major part in enabling the publication. The only drawback for this reader is that he evidently became not just a casual Christian but a really zealous one. The last 50 pages or so is spent largely discussing his never-ending efforts to convert the plentiful heathens that crossed his path, which to me gets a little tedious. On the other hand Equiano's work and written account played a part in raising awareness of cruelties and no doubt was influential in eventually getting the practice abolished in the civilized world - although it is still a healthy enterprise in a number of parts of the world in 2012.
Unlike much other writing on slavery that is written to serve some purpose other than its abolishment this first-hand account truly does have credibility.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
He was there; history in the first person.
By Oregana
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself
by Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano created a record of the 18th century slave trade through his first-hand knowledge and experiences and the writing of this book. Born in Eboe, Africa, what is now Nigeria, he begins by describing life in Eboe and illustrates the cultural, religious, and moral aspects of African life as he knew and understood them.
In 1756, at the age of 11, he was kidnapped, torn from his family and all that he knew. He was sold into slavery and brought to the West Indies under cruel, torturous conditions. He was bought and sold by one seafaring captain and then another and another, as per the whims and needs of each. Early on in his life as a slave, one of his masters gave him the name Gustavas Vassa. Although at first he refused the name, he was taught harshly to make it his, the name he then used for most of his life.
During one voyage to England as a slave, Olaudah Equiano found Christianity. Fascinated with the religion, he visited churches and began studying the Bible. Eventually he was baptized as a Protestant of the Church of England. He was an avid student of the Bible and a devout believer and later sought missionary work in Africa but was denied ordainment.
In 1766 he was granted his freedom. As a free black man, he continued his association with the captains of ships, yet he continued to endure cruelties, often finding himself at death's door and wishing death to take him. From there, however, the account is of his religious experiences and understanding, his deep religious convictions, and his desire to do missionary work. For me, the book ended with his freedom from slavery.
Olaudah Equiano was there. The telling of history does not get any better than that.
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