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 94
... West Indies always feared uprisings by the numerically vastly superior slaves , especially during the unstable times of war . During the recent war Montserrat had been the base of privateers , maritime mercenaries hired by the British ...
... West Indies always feared uprisings by the numerically vastly superior slaves , especially during the unstable times of war . During the recent war Montserrat had been the base of privateers , maritime mercenaries hired by the British ...
Page 115
... West Indies . In general also , slaves were better treated , had more holidays , and looked better than those in the English islands " ( 161 ) . There was much contemporaneous debate in 1789 about whether slaves were relatively worse ...
... West Indies . In general also , slaves were better treated , had more holidays , and looked better than those in the English islands " ( 161 ) . There was much contemporaneous debate in 1789 about whether slaves were relatively worse ...
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... West Indies represented native African culture . At midcentury Grainger noted in The Sugar - Cane . A Poem ( 1764 ) that the " teeth - fil'd Ibbos or Ebboes , as they are more commonly called , are a numerous nation . Many of them have ...
... West Indies represented native African culture . At midcentury Grainger noted in The Sugar - Cane . A Poem ( 1764 ) that the " teeth - fil'd Ibbos or Ebboes , as they are more commonly called , are a numerous nation . Many of them have ...
Contents
Chapter One Equianos Africa | 1 |
Chapter Two The Middle Passage | 17 |
Chapter Three At Sea | 39 |
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