The Life of Olaudah Equiano: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, the AfricanPublisher description: In this eighteenth-century memoir, Olaudah Equiano recounts his remarkable life story, which begins when he is kidnapped in Africa as a boy and sold into slavery and culminates when he has achieved renown as a British antislavery advocate. |
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The authors account of his country and their | 3 |
Is kidnapped with his sisterHe sails for the West | 37 |
Is carried to VirginiaIs bought by Captain Pascal | 67 |
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