Table of Contents
Foreword Preface LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
PART ONE Introduction: Equiano’s Worlds Olaudah Equiano and the Eighteenth-Century World
Equiano and the Antislavery Movement
African Identities in the New World
Equiano’s
Narrative as an Abolitionist Tool
The Question of Equiano’s Origins
The Literary Context of Equiano’s
Narrative Equiano’s Legacy
PART TWO The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself Dedication
Volume I
Volume II
PART THREE Related Documents Olaudah Equiano,
Letter to James Tobin, January 28, 1788
Olaudah Equiano,
Letter to the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, February 7, 1789
Olaudah Equiano,
Letter to Thomas Hardy, May 28, 1792
William Blake, Illustrations for
Narrative, of a Five Years’ Expedition . . . by John G. Stedman, 1796
APPENDIXES An Equiano Chronology
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Index