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Author: Olaudah Equiano Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 3988287946 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 194
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Equiano was captured as a 10-year-old boy by slave hunters, transported to the coast and sold to slave traders. He survived a harrowing crossing and ended up in Barbados. The boy passed from hand to hand and after a short time came to Virginia to a plantation owner, who in turn sold him to an English naval officer named Henry Pascal. As a personal servant, he participated in the Seven Years' War in America from 1757 to 1762. In 1762 he was resold to a plantation owner and returned to the West Indies. Here he was able to buy his own freedom, but remained with his former slave owner, the Quaker Robert King. In 1773, he participated in an exploratory voyage to the Arctic. Convinced of the Christian idea, he became a Methodist. Gröls Classics - English Edition
Author: Olaudah Equiano Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 3988287946 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 194
Book Description
Equiano was captured as a 10-year-old boy by slave hunters, transported to the coast and sold to slave traders. He survived a harrowing crossing and ended up in Barbados. The boy passed from hand to hand and after a short time came to Virginia to a plantation owner, who in turn sold him to an English naval officer named Henry Pascal. As a personal servant, he participated in the Seven Years' War in America from 1757 to 1762. In 1762 he was resold to a plantation owner and returned to the West Indies. Here he was able to buy his own freedom, but remained with his former slave owner, the Quaker Robert King. In 1773, he participated in an exploratory voyage to the Arctic. Convinced of the Christian idea, he became a Methodist. Gröls Classics - English Edition
Author: Yuval Taylor Publisher: Chicago Review Press ISBN: 1556523319 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 805
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The narratives in this volume include tales of Africa, pirate ships, wild animals, witches; a slave who had ten owners, and another who led a rebellion that killed fifty-five whites; the kidnapping of a white woman and her rescue by a slave; the nightmarish tortures of the infamous Mr. Gooch; the tragicomic experiences of a pair of "white slaves"; and the story of the "original Uncle Tom."--
Author: Olaudah Equiano Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780142437162 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 436
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Completely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta 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 The Interesting 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 Narrative is a work of enduring literary and historical value. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 4006
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In 'Breaking the Chains,' readers are presented with a meticulously curated anthology that spans a critical period in history, charting the course of African American experiences from enslavement to emancipation. This collection encompasses a wide range of literary styles, from autobiographies and narratives to speeches, providing an immersive exploration into the resilience, struggle, and ultimate triumph over slavery. The diversity of the works within, including seminal texts that have shaped the course of American literature and thought, offers an unparalleled insight into the lived experiences of those who fought not just for their freedom but also for their right to narrate their own stories. The contributing authors and editors, including but not limited to Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth, each bring their unique perspectives and historical contexts to the anthology. Their collective backgrounds, spanning different geographies, experiences, and times, form a rich tapestry that illustrates the multifaceted struggle against slavery. These voices, some of which represent key figures in the abolitionist movement, contribute to a deeper understanding of both the historical and cultural dimensions of slavery and emancipation, reflecting the broader literary movements of their times. 'BREAKING THE CHAINS' is not just an anthology; it is an invitation to explore the complex narratives that have shaped American history. For scholars, students, and general readers alike, this collection offers a unique opportunity to engage with the voices that have not only contributed to our understanding of the past but continue to influence discussions on race, liberty, and identity. This anthology promises an educational journey, highlighting the importance of these works in fostering a continued dialogue on freedom, perseverance, and the human condition.
Author: Olaudah Equiano Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0191017132 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 303
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'I hope the slave trade may be abolished. I pray it may be an event at hand.' Published a few days before the British parliament first debated the abolition of the slave trade in 1789, Olaudah Equiano's Interesting Narrative gives the author's account of his enslavement after his childhood kidnapping in Africa, and his journey from slavery to freedom. Equiano was slave to a captain in the Royal Navy, and later to a Quaker merchant, and he vividly depicts the appalling treatment of enslaved people at sea and on land. He takes part in naval engagements, is shipwrecked, and has other exciting adventures on his travels to the Caribbean, America, and the Arctic. Equiano claimed his own freedom and became an important abolitionist, but his Narrative is much more than merely a political pamphlet. The most important African autobiography of the eighteenth century, it has achieved an increasingly central position among the century's great works of literature. The introduction to this edition surveys recent debates about Equiano's birthplace and identity, and considers his campaigning role and literary achievements.
Author: Gesa Mackenthun Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 113431860X Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 252
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This book is a significant contribution to existing research on the themes of race and slavery in the founding literature of the United States. It extends the boundaries of existing research by locating race and slavery within a transnational and 'oceanic' framework. The author applies critical concepts developed within postcolonial theory to American texts written between the national emergence of the United States and the Civil War, in order to uncover metaphors of the colonial and imperial 'unconscious' in America's foundational writing. The book analyses the writings of canonized authors such as Charles Brockden Brown, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, and Herman Melville alongside those of lesser known writers like Olaudah Equiano, Royall Tyler, Frederick Douglass, Martin Delany, and Maxwell Philip, and situates them within the colonial, and 'postcolonial', context of the slave-based economic system of the Black Atlantic. While placing the transatlantic slave trade on the map of American Studies and viewing it in conjunction with American imperial ambitions in the Pacific, Fictions of the Black Atlantic in American Foundational Literature also adds a historical dimension to present discussions about the 'ambivalence' of postcoloniality.
Author: Dominic Montserrat Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134690347 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 234
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The pharaoh Akhenaten, who ruled Egypt in the mid-fourteenth century BCE, has been the subject of more speculation than any other character in Egyptian history. This provocative new biography examines both the real Akhenaten and the myths that have been created around him. It scrutinises the history of the pharaoh and his reign, which has been continually written in Eurocentric terms inapplicable to ancient Egypt, and the archaeology of Akhenaten's capital city, Amarna. It goes on to explore the pharaoh's extraordinary cultural afterlife, and the way he has been invoked to validate everything from psychoanalysis to racial equality to Fascism.
Author: Bill Glass Publisher: Dorrance Publishing ISBN: 1480964271 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 196
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I don’t swear to tell the Truth, the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth because I don’t know the whole Truth about anything, and I don’t think that anyone else does either. However, I have tried to express myself as clearly and as honestly as I can. So, as the woodchopper said, let the chips fall where they may. Bits and Pieces by Bill Glass is an anthology of some of the author’s efforts at seeking the Truth. It contains a journal of two trips to Europe, profiles of a legendary Indiana preacher and of five dogs and a cat, three bits of philosophy, three poems, a creed, a memoir, a eulogy and four short stories. The book also includes almost two hundred photographs in full color.
Author: William L. Andrews Publisher: Library of America ISBN: 9781883011765 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 1066
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The ten works collected in this volume demonstrate how a diverse group of writers challenged the conscience of a nation and laid the foundations of the African American literary tradition by expressing their in anger, pain, sorrow, and courage. Included in the volume: Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw; Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; The Confessions of Nat Turner; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Narrative of William W. Brown; Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb; Narrative of Sojouner Truth; Ellen and William Craft's Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Narrative of the Life of J. D.Green. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Author: Frederick Douglass Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: 8026873742 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 3996
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This unique collection consists of the most influential memoirs - powerful & unflinching narratives of former slaves and stories of people who helped them; including records and letters which unfold all the hardship, hair-breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts to reach freedom: Narrative of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Freedom Fighter & Statesman 12 Years a Slave - Memoir of Solomon Northup, a Free-Born African American Who Was Kidnapped and Sold into Slavery The Underground Railroad (William Still) - stories of 649 slaves who escaped to freedom through a secret network formed by abolitionists and former slaves Harriet: The Moses of Her People – Story of the Woman Who Led Hundreds of Slaves to Freedom as the Conductor on the Underground Railroad Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs) Narrative of Sojourner Truth - leading abolitionist and women's rights activist The Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano - Former Slave, Seaman & Freedom Fighter Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington - the Visionary Educator, Leader and Civil Rights Activist The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave – Memoir that Influenced the Anti-Slavery Cause of British Colonies Father Henson's Story of His Own Life – by Josiah Henson who was the inspiration for the character of Tom in Uncle Tom's Cabin Uncle Tom's Cabin, anti-slavery influential novel which made a crucial impact on America's conscience by illustrating slavery's affect on families The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave! The Confessions of Nat Turner The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave - Autobiography that Influenced the Anti-Slavery Cause of British Colonies Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William and Ellen Craft) Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom (Louis Hughes) Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway Slave (Jacob D. Green) Behind The Scenes: 30 Years a Slave & 4 Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley)
Author: Olaudah Equiano
Author: Olaudah Equiano
Author: Yuval Taylor
Author: Olaudah Equiano
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author: Olaudah Equiano
Author: Gesa Mackenthun
Author: Dominic Montserrat
Author: Bill Glass
Author: William L. Andrews
Author: Frederick Douglass