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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African , [frontispiece and title page]

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African , [frontispiece and title page]
Names
Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797
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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, [volume 1]

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1789
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for and sold by the author, no. 10, Union-Street, Middlesex Hospital; sold also by Mr. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard; Mr. Murray, Fleet-Street; Messrs. Robson and Clark, Bond-Street; Mr. Davis, opposite Gray's Inn, Holborn; Messrs. Shepperson and Reynolds. and Mr. Jackson, Oxford-Street; Mr. Lackington, Chiswell-Street; Mr. Mathews, Strand; Mr. Murray, Prince's-Street, Soho; Mess. Taylor and Co. South Arch, Royal Exchange; Mr. Button, Newington-Causeway; Mr. Parsons, Paternoster-Row; and may be had of all the booksellers in town and country,
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare B-Equiano (Equiano, O. ...Life of Olaudah Equiano. 1789)
Topics
Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797
Enslaved persons -- United States
Enslaved persons -- Great Britain
Slave trade -- West Indies, British
Slave trade -- Africa
Slavery -- United States
Slavery -- West Indies, British
Slavery -- Great Britain
Africa -- Description and travel
Genres
Frontispieces
Title pages
Portraits
Notes
Statement of responsibility: written by himself ; vol. I[-II]
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11759201
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.01.FORT63
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d6ef2220-74bd-013b-48af-0242ac110005
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Item timeline of events

  • 1745: Creator Born
  • 1789: Issued
  • 1797: Creator Died
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1789. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ce770ca0-bf89-013b-89be-0242ac110002

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ce770ca0-bf89-013b-89be-0242ac110002

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1789). The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ce770ca0-bf89-013b-89be-0242ac110002

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The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African