Equiano's autobiography, first published in 1789, is probably the
most quoted, reprinted and widely published writing by an African
before the twentieth century. His words have been extracted and
quoted, anthologized and interpreted in dozens of books and
articles. More than any single contemporary, Equiano speaks for the
fate of millions of Africans in the era of the transatlantic slave
trade.
Until now, however, no one has written a serious - or even a
popular - biographical study of this remarkable man. Few critics
doubt the importance of his writing; few historians would deny the
significance of his life and times. Scholars have analysed his work
from literary and historical angles, but no one has really studied
the man himself. This is the first study which attempts to create a
rounded portrait of the man behind the literary image, and to study
Equiano in the context of Atlantic slavery. It is, at one and the
same time, an original portrait of a remarkable African -- who
spoke for millions -- and a study of the world of
eighteenth-century Atlantic slavery.
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