Equiano, the African
Biography of a Self-Made Man
Carretta, Vincent
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
A controversial look at the most renowned person of African descent in the eighteenth century In this widely aclaimed biography, historian Vincent Carretta gives us the authoritative portrait of Olaudah Equiano (c.17451797), 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 scalesome 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.
AUTHOR BIO
Vincent Carretta, a professor of English at the University of Maryland, has edited scholarly editions of the works of Equiano and of Equianos contemporaries Ignatius Sancho, Ottobah Cugoano, and Phillis Wheatley.
BOOK REVIEWS
Masterful . . . offers not only the definitive biography of Equiano but also a first-rate social history of the late eighteenth century. (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0143038427
ISBN(13-digit): 9780143038429
Dewey Decimal: 306.3/62092
Library of Congress: bl2007002936
Book Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 436
Paper Weight (lb): 0.90 lb
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