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100	1		_aEquiano, Olaudah, _d1745-1797, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African / _cwritten by himself ; authoritative text, contexts, criticism, edited by Werner Sollors.
246	3	0	_aLife of Olaudah Equiano
246	3	0	_aGustavus Vassa, the African
246	1	8	_aOlaudah Equiano
250			_aA Norton critical edition.
264		1	_aNew York ; _aLondon : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c2001.
300			_axxxiii, 403 pages : _billustrations, map ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aOriginally published: 1794.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aText of the interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, written by himself -- Related public writings -- General background -- Historical background -- Travel and scientific literature -- Eighteen-century authors of African ancestry -- English debate about the slave trade -- Antislavery verse -- Criticism: Early reviews and assessments -- Modern criticism.
520			_a"Olaudah Equiano's 1789 narrative tells the remarkable story of his childhood in Africa, his kidnapping and subsequent years as a slave and seaman, and his eventual road to freedom in the Caribbean and in England. The text reprinted here is that of the 1789 first edition. It is accompanied by explanatory annotations, textual notes, and a map of Equiano's travels."
520			_a""Contexts" provides essential related public writings on the work by James Tobin, Gustavus Vassa (Olaudah Equiano), and Samuel Jackson Pratt; general and historical background by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Eva Beatrice Dykes, Wylie Sypher, Charles H. Nichols, Nathan I. Huggins, and David Dabydeen; related travel and scientific literature by Anthony Benezet, John Matthews, and John Mitchell; eighteenth-century works by African authors James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, John Marrant, and Quobna Ottabah Cugoano; and English debates about the slave trade by Thomas Clarkson, John Wesley, and William Wilberforce, as well as antislavery verse by Thomas Day and John Bicknell."
520			_a""Criticism" includes six contemporary reviews of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. Nine modern essays are contributed by Paul Edwards, Charles T. Davis, Houston A. Baker, Jr., Angelo Costanzo, Catherine Obianju Acholonu, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Geraldine Murphy, Adam Potkay, and Robert J. Allison." "A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included."--Jacket
600	1	0	_aEquiano, Olaudah, _d1745-1797.
650		0	_aSlaves _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
650		0	_aSlaves _zUnited States _vBiography.
700	1		_aSollors, Werner, _eeditor.
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