The Interesting Narrative is a spirited autobiography, a tale of spiritual quest and fulfillment and a sophisticated treatise on religion, politics and economics. An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, and a precursor to the famous nineteenth-century slave narratives, Equiano's The Interesting Narrative recounts his kidnapping in Africa aged ten, his service as a slave of an officer in the British Navy for ten years, and his life after he bought his freedom in 1766, growing to become one of the foremost figures of the anti-slavery movement in Britain. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, ports. The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings Revised Edition. This autobiography presents a tale of spiritual quest. Widely admired for its vivid accounts of the slave trade. Recounts the kidnapping of the author in Africa aged ten, his service as a slave of an officer in the British Navy for ten years, and his life after he bought his freedom in 1766, growing to become one of the foremost figures of the anti-slavery movement in Britain. Olaudah Equiano: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano and Other Writings.
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