1. Olaudah Equiano, Or, Gustavus Vassa, The African A comprehensive introduction to Equiano's life and work, including a biography, extracts from his writing, images, links, and an extensive bibliography According to his famous autobiography, written in 1789, Olaudah Equiano (c.17451797) was born in what is http://www.brycchancarey.com/equiano

Home Slavery Abolition Equiano ... Search Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African According to his famous autobiography, written in 1789, Olaudah Equiano (c.1745-1797) was born in what is now Nigeria. Kidnapped and sold into slavery in childhood, he was taken as a slave to the New World. As a slave to a captain in the Royal Navy, and later to a Quaker merchant, he eventually earned the price of his own freedom by careful trading and saving. As a seaman, he travelled the world, from the Mediterranean to the North Pole. Coming to London, he became involved in the movement to abolish the slave trade, an involvement which led to him writing and publishing The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa the African (1789) a strongly abolitionist autobiography. The book became a bestseller and, as well as furthering the anti-slavery cause, made Equiano a wealthy man. These web pages aim to reflect the best in Equiano scholarship. Click on the links below to find out more, and return to this site soon, as information is regularly updated. A Biography of Equiano A Map of Equiano's Travels An Annotated Bibliography of Equiano Studies Extracts from The Interesting Narrative Boarding a Slave-Ship The Middle Passage Equiano in Cornwall and Guernsey Equiano Gains His Freedom ... A Newspaper Advertisement for The Interesting Narrative , dated May 1789.

2. Olaudah Equiano olaudah equiano the life of gustavus vassa. selections. Olaudah Equiano composed the firstever slave autobiography as a freed slave living in England. http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/Equiano.html

olaudah equiano the life of gustavus vassa selections William Henry Holcombe's defense of slavery in "The Alternative" ? How does Equiano employ Enlightenment and Protestant ideas? Does the narrative sound more "African" or more "European"? Why? the life of gustavus vassa chapter 2 The Atlantic Voyage While we stayed on the coast I was mostly on deck; and one day, to my great astonishment, I saw one of these vessels coming in with the sails up. As soon as the whites saw it, they gave a great shout, at which we were amazed; and the more so, as the vessel appeared larger by approaching nearer. At last, she came to an anchor in my sight, and when the anchor was let go, I and my countrymen who saw it, were lost in astonishment to observe the vessel stop and were now convinced it was done by magic. Soon after this the other ship got her boats out, and they came on board of us, and the people of both ships seemed very glad to see each other. Several of the strangers also shook hands with us black people, and made motions with their hands, signifying I suppose, we were to go to their country, but we did not understand them. We were conducted immediately to the merchant's yard, where we were all pent up together, like so many sheep in a fold, without regard to sex or age. As every object was new to me, every thing I saw filled me with surprise. What struck me first, was, that the houses were built with bricks and stories, and in every other respect different from those I had seen in Africa; but I was still more astonished on seeing people on horseback. I did not know what this could mean; and, indeed, I thought these people were full of nothing but magical arts. While I was in this astonishment, one of my fellow-prisoners spoke to a countryman of his, ahout the horses, who said they were the same kind they had in their country. I understood them, though they were from a distant part of Africa; and I thought it odd I had not seen any horses there; but afterwards, when I came to converse with different Africans, I found they had many horses amongst them, and much larger than those I then saw.

3. Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano, Education on the Olaudah Equiano was born in Essaka, an Igbo village in the kingdom of Benin, in 1745. His father was http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Sequiano.htm

Olaudah Equiano To receive your free copy every week enter your email address below. FREE Education Newsletters - choose below... Education on the Internet Teaching History Online Email: Let keep Ahead .com bring you the world by email Spartacus USA History British History Second World War ... Email Olaudah Equiano was born in Essaka, an Igbo village in the kingdom of Benin, in 1745. His father was one of the province's elders who decided disputes. When he was about eleven, Equiano was kidnapped and after six months of captivity he was brought to the coast where he encountered white men for the first time. Sold to slave-traders, Equiano was transported to Barbados. After a two-week stay in the West Indies Equiano was sent to the English colony of Virginia. He was later purchased by Captain Henry Pascal, a British naval officer. Equiano saved whatever money he could, and in 1766 purchased his freedom. He then worked closely with

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5. The Life Of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African TIMELINE OF THE LIFE OF equiano olaudah. 1745 Born in West Africa. 1797 equiano olaudah dies at age 52 and is buried in Cambridgeshire, England. http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/lifeofolaudahequano.htm

The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Dialogues Notes Links Teaching ... Citations "I believe there are a few events in my life which have not happened to many." With this understatement, Olaudah Equiano begins his interesting narrative. At the age of 11, Olaudah Equiano was abducted from his Ibo village in West Africa (presently in the area of Benin) and was sold into slavery. Approximately thirty years later, as an emancipated slave, he published his autobiography. At the time of his death in 1797, his memoir had gone through nine editions, including translations for European readers, and was a best seller of the day. It was a powerful influence for the abolition of slavery, especially in Great Britain. The boy Equiano was destined for a life of distinction in his society, when slavers kidnapped him and his younger sister. His early "slave homes" in Africa presented a "humane slavery", he was often treated as part of the family. Then his life really changed. He was taken to the coast for shipment to the Barbados. This was Equiano's first encounter with the white man. At first he feared being killed and eaten by them. Equiano describes in Chapter 2, the horrors of the voyage from Africa to the New World. He was sent to the Virginia Colony after not being sold in Barbados. In Virginia he was eventually purchased by Michael Pascal, an officer in the British Navy.

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Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African (London, 1789; vol. I) Hanover Historical Texts Project Scanned and proofread by Kathleen Diekhoff, May 1998. Proofread and posted by Raluca Preotu, August 1999. Proofread and pages added by Jonathan Perry, March 2001. Table of Contents Epistle Dedicatory "To the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain." Chapter I The author's account of his country, and their manners and customsAdministration of justice EmbrencheMarriage ceremony, and public entertainmentsMode of living-DressManufactures BuildingsCommerce AgricultureWar and religionSuperstition of the nativesFuneral ceremonies of the priests or magiciansCurious mode of discovering poisonSome hints concerning the origin of the author's countrymen, with the opinions of different writers on that subject. Chapter II The author's birth and parentageHis being kidnapped with his sisterTheir separation-surprise at meeting againAre finally separatedAccount of the different places and incidents the author met with till his arrival on the coastThe effect the sight of a slave ship had on himHe sails for the West IndiesHorrors of a slave shipArrives at Barbadoes, where the cargo is sold and dispersed. Chapter III The author is carried to VirginiaHis distressSurprise at seeing a picture and a watchIs bought by Captain Pascal, and sets out for EnglandHis terror during the voyageArrives in EnglandHis Wonder at a fall of snowIs sent to Guernsey and in some time goes on board a ship of war with his masterSome account of the expedition against Louisbourg under the command of Admiral Boscawen in 1758.

7. Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa. Olaudah Equiano, an Ibo from Nigeria, was just 11 years old when he was kidnapped into slavery. http://authors.aalbc.com/olaudah.htm

Up More Authors Children Book Authors Cartoonists ... AALBC.com Home Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa They...Carry off as many as they can seize A multitude of people...chained together Olaudah Equiano offers a first- hand account of his arrival in the West-Indies Religion " THEY...CARRY OFF AS MANY AS THEY CAN SEIZE " Olaudah Equiano, an Ibo from Nigeria, was just 11 years old when he was kidnapped into slavery. He was held captive in West Africa for seven months and then sold to British slavers, who shipped him to Barbados and then took him to Virginia. After serving a British naval officer, he was sold to a Quaker merchant from Philadelphia who allowed him to purchase his freedom in 1766. In later life, he played an active role in the movement to abolish the slave trade. Source: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African (London, 1789). " A MULTITUDE OF BLACK PEOPLE...CHAINED TOGETHER " Olaudah Equiano vividly recounts the shock and isolation that he felt during the Middle Passage to Barbados and his fear that the European slavers would eat him. I took a little down my palate, which, instead of reviving me as they thought it would, threw me into the greatest consternation at the strange feeling it produced, having never tasted such liquor before. Soon after this, the blacks who had brought me on board went off and left me abandoned to despair.

8. Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano. Olaudah Equiano (also referred to as Gustavus Vassa) was born in Nigeria, stolen from his parents and sold into slavery. http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/equiano

Text Only help Friday 28 May Home A-Z index What's new? What's on? ... Your Council Search: or try our advanced search Libraries Diversity Black History ... International Links You are in: Libraries Diversity Black History Printer Friendly Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano (also referred to as Gustavus Vassa) was born in Nigeria, stolen from his parents and sold into slavery. He eventually obtained his freedom and was quite instrumental in encouraging the white campaigners such as Granville Sharp to launch a national campaign against the slave trade. He wrote his autobiography (Life of Gustavas Vassa) which provides an account of the cruelty inflicted by whites upon blacks. Thousands of copies of this book were sold and was the main anti-slavery text during the period of the significant anti-slavery movement. Equiano's visit to Birmingham contributed to the anti-slavery campaign in the City. There is a record of his letter in A Century of Birmingham Life in which he expressed his sincere thanks to the members of the local radical bourgeoisie for their contribution to the anti-slave movement. These included: Mr Charles Lloyd Mr Sampson Lloyd Dr Gilby Dr Johnstone Mr Taylor Mr Garbett Mr Galton Mr Russell Mr Matthew Boulton Mr Freer Dr Priestly The following is his letter of gratitude I beg you to suffer me thus publicly to express my grateful acknowledgements for their Favours and for the fellow-feeling they have discovered for my very poor and much oppressed countrymen; these Acts of Kindness and Hospitality have filled me with a longing desire to see these worthy Friends on my own estate in Africa, when the richest Produce of it should be devoted tot heir Entertainment; they should there partake of the luxuriant Pine-apples and the well-flavoured virgin Palm Wine, and to heighten the Bliss, I would burn a certain kind of Tree, that would afford us Light as clear and brilliant as the Virtues of my Guests.

9. Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano (17451797). Olaudah Equiano was born in 1745 in the village of Isseke in what is now Nigeria. At age eleven, he http://www.virginia.edu/~history/courses/fall.97/hius323/equiano.html

Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) Olaudah Equiano was born in 1745 in the village of Isseke in what is now Nigeria. At age eleven, he was kidnapped by African slave traders, purchased by Europeans, and sent to the Americas in 1756. He lived briefly in Virginia before being bought by an officer in the British navy and working for several years on British warships. After being sold to a Quaker merchant in the Caribbean, Equiano worked, saved money, and purchased his own freedom in 1766. Following his self-emancipation, Equiano lived primarily in England and worked in the slave trade into the 1770s. By the 1780s, however, he was deeply involved in the growing antislavery movement in the United States and Britain. In 1789 he published his Narrative, one of the first written by a former slave. The story of his capture and sale to Virginia is the story of many of the half million Africans brought to what would become the United States. Select Bibliography: Acholonu, Catherine Obianuju, "The Home of Olaudah Equiano A Linguistic and Anthropological Search," The Journal of Commonwealth Literature

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14. Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African (London, 1789) Chapter I. http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~lbhis/afamstudies/Equiano.htm

Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African (London, 1789) Chapter I The author's account of his country, and their manners and customsAdministration of justice As our manners are simple, our luxuries are few. The dress of both sexes is nearly the same. It generally consists of a long piece of calico, or muslin, wrapped loosely round the [Page 12] body, somewhat in the form of a highland plaid. This is usually dyed blue, which is our favourite colour. It is extracted from a berry, and is brighter and richer than any I have seen in Europe. Besides this, our women of distinction wear golden ornaments, which they dispose with some profusion on their arms and legs. When our women are not employed with the men in tillage, their usual occupation is spinning and weaving cotton, which they afterwards dye, and make it into garments. They also manufacture earthen vessels, of which we have many kinds. Among the rest tobacco pipes, made after the same fashion, and used in the same manner, as those in Turkey. As we live in a country where nature [Page 18] is prodigal of her favours, our wants are few and easily supplied; of course we have few manufactures. They consist for the most part of calicoes, earthern ware, ornaments, and instruments of war and husbandry. But these make no part of our commerce, the principal articles of which, as I have observed, are provisions. In such a state money is of little use; however we have some small pieces of coin, if I may call them such. They are made something like an anchor; but I do not remember either their value or denomination. We have also markets, at which I have been frequently with my mother. These are sometimes visited by stout mahogany-coloured men from the south west of us: we call them Oye-Eboe, which term signifies red men living at a distance. They generally bring us fire-arms, gunpowder, [Page 19] hats, beads, and dried fish. The last we esteemed a great rarity, as our waters were only brooks and springs.

15. Olaudah Equiano's Life Background information on the early AfricanAmerican writer. http://www.atomicage.com/equiano/life.html

Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa) was kidnapped from his African village at the age of eleven, shipped through the arduous "Middle Passage" of the Atlantic Ocean, seasoned in the West Indies and sold to a Virginia planter. He was later bought by a British naval Officer, Captain Pascal, as a present for his cousins in London. After ten years of enslavement throughout the North American continent, where he assisted his merchant slave master and worked as a seaman, Equiano bought his freedom. At the age of forty four he wrote and published his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African. Written by Himself, which he registered at Stationer's Hall, London, in 1789. More than two centuries later, this work is recognized not only as one of the first works written in English by a former slave, but perhaps more important as the paradigm of the slave narrative, a new literary genre. Equiano recalls his childhood in Essaka (an Igbo village formerly in northeast Nigeria), where he was adorned in the tradition of the "greatest warriors." He is unique in his recollection of traditional African life before the advent of the European slave trade. Equally significant is Equiano's life on the high seas, which included not only travels throughout the Americas, Turkey and the Mediterranean; but also participation in major naval battles during the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War), as well as in the search for a northwest passage led by the Phipps expedition of 1772-1773. Equiano also records his central role, along with Granville Sharpe, in the British Abolishionist Movement. As a major voice in this movement, Equiano petitioned the Queen of England in 1788. He was appointed to the expedition to settle London's poor Blacks in Sierra Leone, a British colony on the west coast of Africa. Sadly, he did not complete the journey back to his native land.

16. The Life Of Olaudah Equiano Etext of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of olaudah equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African. http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/equiano.html

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African Born in Benin in the late 18th century, Equiano was enslaved as a young boy and passed through a variety of experiences, many of them horrible; but he managed to acquire enough learning and independence to become a major voice advocating an end to slavery. His Narrative, written in English in 1789, immediately became a sensation, and has remained a classic source for our knowledge about the European slave trade from the point of view of the slave. In what ways does Equiano contrast slavery within Africa with the sort of slavery he encountered in the western hemisphere? What sufferings does he describe on the slave ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean? In what ways were slaves cheated by whites? Description of his early life. Enslavement On the slave ship Life in slavery It was very common in several of the islands, particularly in St Kitt's, for the slaves to be branded with the initial letters of their master's name, and a load of heavy iron hooks hung about their necks. Indeed on the most trifling occasions they were loaded with chains, and often instruments of torture were added. The iron muzzle, thumbscrews, etc. are so well known as not to need a description, and were sometimes applied for the slightest faults. I have seen a negro beaten till some of his bones were broken for even letting a pot boil over. It is surprising that usage like this should drive the poor creatures to despair and make them seek refuge in death from those evils which render their lives intolerable while

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Welcome to the Equiano Foundation Online The Equiano Foundation aims to provide a valuable educational vehicle through which to resurrect, restore, and celebrate the meaningful contribution of Olaudah Equiano to Western, African, and African American culture particularly through his publication of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, the African About Equiano About the Equiano Foundation email the Foundtion visitors since July 8, 1997 Last modified

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@import url('/includes/tbenh.css') ; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index FRIDAY 28th May 2004 Text only BBC Homepage History Topics ... Help Like this page? Send it to a friend! Olaudah Equiano (c.1745 - c.1797) Olaudah Equiano is famous for his autobiography, an account of his childhood in an area called 'Eboe' in Guinea as the son of the chief and experiences as a former slave. The book, which was called The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African , became immensely popular at the height of the anti-slavery campaign when Equiano was in his early forties. Around the age of eleven, Equiano and his sister were kidnapped and shipped through the notorious middle passage of the Atlantic Ocean. A British naval officer, Michael Pascal, later bought Equiano and introduced him to the naval way of life. Pascal also renamed Equiano 'Gustavus Vassa' after a 16th-century Swedish nobleman who led the Swedes in a war of independence against the Danes to become the first Swedish king - an ironic, almost cruel renaming on behalf of Pascal. Initially Equiano was brought to England, where he learnt to read and write at a school in London inbetween naval actions. Equiano saw action in major naval battles during the Seven Years War in the 1750s, travelling to Canada and the Mediterranean. He was now baptised and had fought for the British and felt entitled to freedom and some of the prize money handed out to sailors on the naval vessels. But he was cheated of this income and sold to another sea-captain who took him to Monserrat in the Caribbean where he was sold to Robert King, a Quaker merchant. During this time he was exposed to the horrors of slavery, seeing fellow slaves treated abominably.

19. Africans In America/Part 1/Olaudah Equiano coast when he was a boy of 11, olaudah equiano was sold into slavery, later acquired his freedom Narrative of the Life of olaudah equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p276.html

Part 2: 1750-1805 Part 3: 1791-1831 Part 4: 1831-1865 Narrative Resource Bank Teacher's Guide Olaudah Equiano Resource Bank Contents Captured far from the African coast when he was a boy of 11, Olaudah Equiano was sold into slavery, later acquired his freedom, and, in 1789, wrote his widely-read autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African The youngest son of a village leader, Equiano was born among the Ibo people in the kingdom of Benin, along the Niger River. He was "the greatest favourite with [his] mother." His family expected to follow in his father's footsteps and become a chief, an elder, a judge. Slavery was an intregal part of the Ibo culture, as it was with many other African peoples. His family owned slaves, but there was also a continual threat of being abducted, of becoming someone else's slave. This is what happened, one day, while Equiano and his sister were at home alone. Two men and a woman captured the children. Several days later Equiano and his sister were separated. Equiano continued to travel farther and farther from home, day after day, month after month, exchanging masters along the way. Equiano's early experiences as a slave were not all disagreeable; some families treated Equiano almost as a part of the family. The kind treatment, however, was about to end. About six or seven months after being abducted, Equiano was brought to the coast, where he first encountered a slave ship and white men.

20. PAL: Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) Information and links from Paul Reuben's PAL website. http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap2/equiano.html

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide Paul P. Reuben Chapter 2: Early American Literature - Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) Primary Works Selected Bibliography Study Questions MLA Style Citation of this Web Page ... Home Page (Source: St. Andrew's Church, Chesterton Among the tradition of slave narratives, Equiano's is considered a remarkable achievement since the autobiographical style was not a well-developed genre in the eighteenth century. His narrative has vivid and concrete details and is written in the picaresque style. Equiano also provides a detailed account of the his kidnapping, his trek through the jungles, his arrival at the sea coast, and the arduous crossing of the Atlantic in the belly of a slave ship. Primary Works The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself E-Text Equiano's Travels: His Autobiography , ed. Paul Edwards, 1967. The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by himself. NY: Negro UP, 1969. HT869.E6 A3

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