Equiano, the African: Biography of a Self-made ManA controversial look at the most renowned person of African descent in the eighteenth century In this widely aclaimed biography, historian Vincent Carretta gives us the authoritative portrait of Olaudah Equiano (c.1745-1797), the former slave whose 1789 autobiography quickly became a popular polemic against the slave trade and a literary classic. Sailor, entrepreneur, and adventurer, Equiano is revealed here as never before, thanks to archival research on an unprecedented scale--some of which even indicates that Equiano may have lied about his origins to advance the antibondage struggle with which he became famously identified. A masterpiece of scholarship and writerly poise, this book redefines an extraordinary man and the turbulent age that shaped him. |
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Page 81
... Sancho , the most famous African British author before Equiano , had been married in St. Margaret's two months earlier . Sancho and Equiano must have known each other at least by sight . Sancho lived only a few blocks away from the ...
... Sancho , the most famous African British author before Equiano , had been married in St. Margaret's two months earlier . Sancho and Equiano must have known each other at least by sight . Sancho lived only a few blocks away from the ...
Page 194
... Sancho ever is in his criticism of Lord North's conduct of the war . 15 But even Sancho , who through his for- mer employer , the Duke of Montagu , had connections to Lord North and his family , acknowledged that he " is a good husband ...
... Sancho ever is in his criticism of Lord North's conduct of the war . 15 But even Sancho , who through his for- mer employer , the Duke of Montagu , had connections to Lord North and his family , acknowledged that he " is a good husband ...
Page 287
... Sancho's portrait appears in Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho , an African , pub- lished two years after his death . " The image of Wheatley was added to her book at the suggestion of her patron , the Countess of Huntingdon . It may ...
... Sancho's portrait appears in Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho , an African , pub- lished two years after his death . " The image of Wheatley was added to her book at the suggestion of her patron , the Countess of Huntingdon . It may ...
Contents
Chapter One Equianos Africa | 1 |
Chapter Two The Middle Passage | 17 |
Chapter Three At Sea | 39 |
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