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| Genre/Form: | Biographies Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Olaudah Equiano; Olaudah Equiano; Olaudah Equiano |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Vincent Carretta |
| ISBN: | 0820325716 9780820325712 9780143038429 0143038427 |
| OCLC Number: | 1052831887 |
| Notes: | "First published in the United States by the University of Georgia Press 2005"--Title page verso. |
| Description: | xxiv, 436 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | Equiano's Africa -- The Middle Passage -- At sea -- Freedom denied -- Bearing witness -- Freedom of a sort -- Toward the North Pole -- Born again -- Seeking a mission -- The Black poor -- Turning against the slave trade -- Making a life -- The art of the book -- A self-made man. |
| Responsibility: | Vincent Carretta. |
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With an impressive breadth of knowledge of the religious, literary, social, and cultural conditions of Equiano's time, Carretta's work in fourteen chapters frames an inquiry from which scholars of several disciplines will surely benefit. . . . truly engaging social and cultural contextualization.--Journal of African American History Vassa remains a subject worthy of continued study and research . . . Carretta's biography is now the standard reference on the life and times of this 'African' intellectual.--Journal of Southern History This is a thoroughly rich, engrossing, and well-researched portrait of an exceptional man and the cause he championed.--Booklist (starred review) This biography provides an accurate, fair-minded, reliable, and engagingly written account of the life of the man whom Carretta describes justifiably as 'the most famous person of African descent in the Atlantic world.' In this rewarding study, Carretta invests the large store of erudition he has amassed from many years of assiduous study of Equiano's life and times. I know of no scholar who is as steeped in Equiano and no one who has done more to restore Equiano and his literary work to serious scholarly consideration.--William L. Andrews "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill " Provides a masterful, lively and scrupulously researched account that questions central parts of the ex-slaves narrative, but upholds his view of himself as a self-made man . . . Carretta's exemplary study offers not only the definitive biography of Equiano but also a first-rate social history of the late 18th century in America and in England.--Publishers Weekly (starred review) A remarkable man has been blessed with a superbly qualified biographer. Carretta knows more about Equiano than anyone alive, has carefully and respectfully edited his work, has boldly raised tantalizing questions about his origins, and has meticulously tracked down information about him that no one else has found. This book will be the authoritative source about Equiano's life for many years to come.--Adam Hochschild "author of Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves " A bold, daring, and meticulously researched re-creation of the life and times of the founding father of both the African and the African American literary traditions. Carretta's superbly written biography--certain to generate considerable discussion and debate--will change how we conceive of the remarkable contributions of the most important black man in the eighteenth century. This is one of the most significant biographies published about a black author in a very long time.--Henry Louis Gates Jr. "W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University " [A] historical work of surpassing importance.--Kirkus Reviews Read more...
