Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself Edinger Monica
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself Edinger Monica Millions of Africans were enslaved during the transatlantic slave trade, but few recorded their personal…
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Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself Edinger Monica
Millions of Africans were enslaved during the transatlantic slave trade, but few recorded their personal experiences. Using this narrative as a primary source text, authors Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge share Equiano's life story in found verse, supplemented with annotations to give readers historical context. Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is perhaps the most well known of the autobiographies that exist.
Follow Equiano from his life in Africa as a child to his enslavement at a young age, his travels across the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, his liberation, and his life as a free This poetic approach provides interesting analysis and synthesis, helping readers to better understand the original text.