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Genre/Form: | Biographies Biography |
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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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An intriguing piece of detective work. (The Washington Post)Masterful . . . offers not only the definitive biography of Equiano but also a first-rate social history of the late eighteenth century. (Publishers Weekly, starred review) Read more...
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