Equiano, the African : Biography of a Self-Made Man （Reprint）

Carretta, Vincent

Penguin Group USA（2007/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 436 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780143038429
• DDC分類 B

Full Description

In this widely acclaimed biography, historian Vincent Carretta gives us the authoritative portrait of Olaudah Equiano (c.1745-1797), the former slave whose 1789 autobiography quickly became a popular polemic against the slave trade and a literary classic. Sailor, entrepreneur, and adventurer, Equiano is revealed here as never before, thanks to archival research on an unprecedented scale - some of which even indicates that Equiano may have lied about his origins to advance the antibondage struggle with which he became famously identified. A masterpiece of scholarship and writerly poise, this book redefines an extraordinary man and the turbulent age that shaped him.

Contents

Equiano, the AfricanList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsNote on MoneyChapter One. Equiano's AfricaChapter Two. The Middle PassageChapter Three. At SeaChapter Four. Freedom DeniedChapter Five. Bearing WitnessChapter Six. Freedom of a SortChapter Seven. Toward the North PoleChapter Eight. Born AgainChapter Nine. Seeking a MissionChapter Ten. The Black PoorChapter Eleven. Turning against the Slave TradeChapter Twelve. Making a LifeChapter Thirteen. The Art of the BookChapter Fourteen. A Self-Made ManNotesBibliographyIndex