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A 7 page paper which
examines how “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano,” written in
1789, is perhaps a very powerfully influential piece that helped many other slaves to
write down their narratives for publication such as Frederick Douglass. Bibliography lists
1 additional source.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAolauda.rtf
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or autobiographies, which offer 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." In the following paper we examine this narrative, illustrating how it was likely a very positive influence for other to come,
in terms of recording narratives concerning the experience of slavery and the dream of freedom. Olaudah Equiano "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus
Vassa, the African. Written by Himself was the first work that began the nineteenth-century genre of slave narrative autobiographies" (Anonymous The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789)
By Olaudah Equiano bvbooks.asp?BookID=220). In fact, it is difficult to prove that this narrative was anything but "a prototype for those that followed" in terms of narratives concerning the
experience of slavery (Anonymous The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789) By Olaudah Equiano bvbooks.asp?BookID=220). In Equianos tale we find a young child, an African,
who was kidnapped and "transported to the Caribbean and then to Virginia, bought by a Quaker shipowner, and placed in service at sea. Aboard various American and British ships, he
sailed throughout the world, and he continued to do so after having purchased his freedom in 1766" (Anonymous The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789) By Olaudah
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