English Literature / Unit 11 ENL 1028 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Olaudah Equiano's Interesting Narrative
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The idea
Equiano's Interesting Narrative, of seventeen eighty-nine, tells of his kidnapping in Africa, enslavement, purchase of his own freedom and work for abolition. A bestseller, it helped turn opinion against the slave trade. In nineteen ninety-nine Vincent Carretta published records questioning his African birthplace.
In practice
Kidnapped, enslaved, free, abolitionist.
Where people slip
Attribute the birthplace question to Carretta.
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