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Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa) (c. 1745-1797)


 
American Literature Sites
Foley Library Catalog 

Selected Bibliography on African American Literature 
Slave Narratives

Olaudah Equiano. Site with links, pictures, a newspaper advertisement, and new information about Equiano's birthplace.
Extensive biographical sketch from the above site.
Biographical sketch and engraving. 
Teaching Equiano from the Heath Anthology site.
Bibliography and study questions from Paul Reuben's PAL site.
Information and picture from the frontispiece of Equiano's Interesting Narrative 
The Equiano Foundation

Image considered to be a portrait of Equiano courtesy of Black Jacks: African American Seamen in the Age of Sail by W. Jeffrey Bolster.
Works Available Online

From Chapter One of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African ( 1789)
From Chapters Two and Five of  The Interesting Narrative . . .
Excerpts and a bibliography from Resources for Teachers at the California Newsreel site.
 




Comments to D. Campbell.