The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings Revised Edition

by Equiano, Olaudah

• ISBN13: 9780142437162
• ISBN10: 0142437166
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-27
• Publisher: PENGUIN

Summary

An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an important precursor to such famous nineteenth-century slave narratives as Frederick Douglass's autobiographies, Olaudah Equiano's Narrative recounts his kidnapping in Africa at the age of ten, his service as the slave of an officer in the British Navy, his ten years of labor on slave ships until he was able to purchase his freedom in 1766, and his life afterward as a leading and respected figure in the antislavery movement in England. A spirited autobiography, a tale of spiritual quest and fulfillment, and a sophisticated treatise on religion, politics, and economics, The Interesting Narrativeis a work of enduring literary and historical value.

Author Biography

Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) was a former slave who became an outspoken opponent of the slave trade.

Vincent Carretta is professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the editor of the Penguin Classics editions of the Complete Writings of Phillis Wheatley, Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African, and Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery and Other Writings by Ottobah Cugoano.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
A Note on the Text	p. xxxi
A Note on Money	p. xxxiii
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. xxxv
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself
Explanatory and Textual Notes	p. 237
The Frontispieces and Title Pages of the First London (1789) and New York (1791) Editions	p. 309
A Note on the Illustrations	p. 315
List of Subscribers to the First Edition	p. 317
List of Subscribers to the New York Edition	p. 323
Correspondence and Other Writings of Gustavus Vassa, or Olaudah Equiano, Not Published in The Interesting Narrative	p. 327
The Will and Codicil of Gustavus Vassa [Olaudah Equiano]	p. 373
Names of Subscribers Appearing after the First Edition	p. 377
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