or Gustavus Vassa, the African. The youngest son of a village leader, Equiano was born among the Ibo people in the kingdom of Benin, along the Niger River. He was "the greatest favourite with [his ...

In his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African, he tells the story of his youth in an African village, his kidnapping, his being ...

The Sid Lapidus, '59 Collection on Liber... The Sid Lapidus, '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution The interesting narrative of the life of... London : Printed for and sold by the ...

700) to Olaudah Equiano's Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African (1788). A central goal of the class is to approach literary texts as creative expressions ...

or Gustavus Vassa, The African (1789). In its introduction, Equiano states that the main purpose of the book is to "excite in [the reader's] august assemblies a sense of compassion of the miseries ...