The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings » (REV)

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.

Part travel book and adventure story and part slave narrative, this famous autobiography recounts how the author was kidnapped in Africa at age 11 and later purchased his freedom and became a leading and respected figure in London's anti-slavery movement. The book also includes subscription lists (the Interesting Narrative was originally published in installments), explanatory and textual notes, correspondence and reviews, and Equiano's will. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR