Table Of ContentForeword PrefaceMaps and Illustrations Part One Introduction: Equiano's Worlds Olaudah Equiano and the Eighteenth-Century World Equiano and the Antislavery Movement African Identities in the New WorldEquiano's Narrative as an Abolitionist Tool The Question of Equiano's Origins The Literary Context of Equiano's Narrative Equiano's Legacy Part two The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself DedicationVolume IVolume II Part Three Related Documents 1. Olaudah Equiano, Letter to James Tobin , January 28, 17882. Olaudah Equiano, Letter to Thomas Hardy , May 28, 17923. Mary Wollstonecraft, Review of Equiano's Narrative , 17894. The Declaration of Independence, 17765. The Debate over the Slave Trade at the Constitutional Convention, August 22, 1787 Appendixes An Equiano Chronology (1741-1886)Questions for ConsiderationSelected Bibliography Index
SynopsisProviding a vivid account of the eighteenth-century Western world through his own experiences, the Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano combines Eqiano's own words about issues such as slavery and independence with related documents., Providing a vivid account of the eighteenth-century Western world through his own experiences, the Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano combines Eqianos own words about issues such as slavery and independence with related documents.