Cover of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: title page, eighth edition, Norwich 1794

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

by Olaudah Equiano

Length
36 mornings, about 2,300 words a reading

About the book

This is the life story of Olaudah Equiano, told in his own words and first published in London in 1789, as Parliament prepared to debate the British slave trade. Equiano dedicated the book to Parliament, sold it by subscription, and saw it through several editions in his lifetime. It is arranged in twelve chapters, first issued in two volumes.

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