Equiano, The African: The Self-Made Man
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Equiano, The African: The Self-Made Man
29.99 €
Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745-1797) was born a slave, managed to buy himself out of captivity, became a sailor and merchant, had many adventures on land and sea, participated in the Seven Years' War and the polar expedition, and was also a barber, servant, plantation overseer and government commissioner. He spent the last part of his life fighting for the abolition of slavery, which is when his famous "Amazing Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustav Vasa, the African, written by himself" appeared. The book made him the first black English-language writer and made a stunning impression on his contemporaries, going through eight reprints in just five years - an unprecedented feat for the era.
Against the backdrop of Equiano's life, Vincent Carretta tells the story of everyday life in Britain and the West Indies colonies of the second half of the eighteenth century - on military and merchant ships, on slave plantations and on an Arctic expedition; he writes about book publishing and journalism, about religious strife in England and the intricacies of European politics; about the birth of the struggle against slavery and the heated debates in British Parliament and in the press.
Against the backdrop of Equiano's life, Vincent Carretta tells the story of everyday life in Britain and the West Indies colonies of the second half of the eighteenth century - on military and merchant ships, on slave plantations and on an Arctic expedition; he writes about book publishing and journalism, about religious strife in England and the intricacies of European politics; about the birth of the struggle against slavery and the heated debates in British Parliament and in the press.
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