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Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Read an account of enslavement, travel, faith, and purchased freedom that turns personal testimony into a challenge to the slave trade.

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Contents

  1. Chapter I: Country, Manners, and Customs
  2. Chapter II: Kidnapping, Separation, and the Slave Ship
  3. Chapter III: Virginia, England, and a New Name
  4. Chapter IV: Baptism, War, and the Mediterranean
  5. Chapter V: Betrayal and Sale in the West Indies
  6. Chapter VI: Trade, Violence, and the Struggle to Save
  7. Chapter VII: Freedom Purchased
  8. Chapter VIII: Shipwrecks, Dreams, and Georgia
  9. Chapter IX: Martinique, England, and the North Pole
  10. Chapter X: Kidnapping, Abolition, and Conversion
  11. Chapter XI: Voyages, Providence, and Public Witness
  12. Chapter XII: Petition, Marriage, and Conclusion

About this text

Olaudah Equiano. Digital source: Project Gutenberg, ebook 15399. This reading text follows the edition used in our interactive reader.

Includes all twelve narrative chapters from the corpus edition. Descriptive chapter titles are editorial navigation aids; the source edition’s preliminary dedication and subscriber lists are outside this reading text.

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