Book Description:
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is one of the most powerful firsthand accounts of slavery ever written. Published in 1789, this autobiography tells the story of Olaudah Equiano, who was kidnapped as a child in Africa, sold into slavery, and transported across the Atlantic. Through harrowing detail and emotional clarity, Equiano recounts the brutality of enslavement, the Middle Passage, and life under various masters before eventually purchasing his freedom.
More than just a personal memoir, the book is a passionate argument against the transatlantic slave trade and a foundational text of abolitionist literature. It also offers profound reflections on religion, identity, and resilience, and provides rare insight into the 18th-century world through the eyes of a Black writer and survivor.
Equiano’s narrative was instrumental in changing public opinion on slavery and remains an essential historical and literary document of the African diaspora and human rights.
