The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African (excerpts)
| By: | Olaudah Equiano |
| Publisher: | Hayes Barton Press |
| eText ISBN: | L-999-72067 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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The first autobiography written by a freed slave gives an account of his capture and enslavement on the African Gold Coast. This narrative describes the harrowing ordeal of crossing the Atlantic in the hold of a European slave ship. Equiano becomes the trusted slave of a West Indies merchant and eventually earns the money to buy his freedom.