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A 3 page paper which discusses the writer’s
personal impressions concerning early black writers as they relate to Olaudah Equiano’s
“The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.” No additional sources cited.
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3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAolaud.rtf
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us an insiders look at what life as a slave, and life as a free individual, was all about. One of the most popular and most famous works is "The
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass," a record which illustrates the life of one man as a slave and then as a free man. But, although many may think
that Douglass work was one of the first, if not the first, slave narrative, such is not the case. Prior to Douglass narrative we were provided with "The Interesting Narrative
of Life of Olaudah Equiano." The following paper presents this particular readers impression of this early black work. Discuss the main impression(s)you have about the experience of early Black writers
Olaudah Equiano In first discussing Equianos work we examine one of the chapters which details a great deal of his experiences. In the second chapter of Equianos work
he tells us the following, "I have already acquainted the reader with the time and place of my birth. My father, besides many slaves, had a numerous family, of which
seven lived to grow up, including myself and sister, who was the only daughter" (NA). This offers us a simple, yet sad truth about the writer and the conditions of
his time. Another intriguing aspect of the story illustrates how Equiano was not born into slavery, but rather born into a free society where as "the youngest of the
sons" he "became, of course, the greatest favorite with" his "mother, and was always with her; and she used to take particular pains to form" his mind (Equiano NA). Interestingly
enough we find that he was most avidly trained in the art of war wherein he would shoot and throw javelins, with his mother showering him with emblems like great
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