Summary:

Olaudah Equiano was one of the most prominent people of African
heritage involved in the British debate for the abolition of the
slave trade. He wrote an autobiography that depicted the horrors of
slavery and helped influence British lawmakers to abolish the slave
trade through the Slave Trade Act of 1807. This is his story. I hope
the reader will not think I have trespassed on his patience in
introducing myself to him with some account of the manners and
customs of my country. They had been implanted in me with great care,
and made an impression on my mind, which time could not erase, and
which all the adversity and variety of fortune I have since
experienced served only to rivet and record; for, whether the love of
one's country be real or imaginary, or a lesson of reason, or an
instinct of nature, I still look back with pleasure on the first
scenes of my life, though that pleasure has been for the most part
mingled with sorrow.-Olaudah Equiano

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 920 -- Biography, genealogy, insignia

Book Details:

Physical Description: 6.0"x8.8"x0.4"; 0.5 lb; 148 pages
Edition Info: Paperback; 2008-11-24

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