Research Catalog

Title

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African / written by himself ; vol. I[-II]

Author

Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797.

Publication

London : 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, [1789]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Denton, W. (William), active 1792-1795
• Orme, Daniel, 1766-1837
• Atkins, Samuel, 1760-1810
• S.C. Barnes & Co., engraver.

Description

2 volumes : illustration, portrait; 20 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

• Interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano
• Gustavus Vassa, the African

Subjects

• Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797
• Enslaved persons > Great Britain > Biography > Early works to 1800
• Enslaved persons > United States > Biography > Early works to 1800
• Slave trade > Africa > Early works to 1800
• Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797 > Portraits
• Slavery > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
• Slavery > West Indies, British > Early works to 1800
• Black author
• Slave trade > West Indies, British > Early works to 1800
• Africa > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• Slavery > United States > Early works to 1800

Note

• Dedication dated: March 24, 1789.
• Below imprint, in square brackets: Entered at Stationer's Hall.
• With a list of subscribers in vol. 1.
• "Errata" (for both vols.)--p. [1] at end of vol. 1.
• Frontispiece portrait in vol. 1 signed: W. Denton pinxt. ; D. Orme sculpt.
• Engraved illustration at front of vol. 2, "Bahama banks, 1767", signed: Atkins Del. ; Barnes & Co. Sc.
• Vol. 1: [2], v, [9], 272, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [6], 255, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates.
• Signatures: vol. 1: [pi]² A⁶ B-M¹² N⁴ [chi]1; v. 2: [pi]1 [A]² B-L¹² M⁸.

Indexed In (note)

• English short title catalogue

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

• Vol. 1: ch. 1. The author's account of his country, their manners and customs, &c. -- ch. 2. The author's birth and parentage ; His being kidnapped with his sister ; Horrors of the slave ship -- ch. 3. The author is carried to Virginia ; Arrives in England ; His wonder at a fall of snow -- ch. 4. A particular account of the celebrated engagement between Admiral Boscawen and Monsieür Le Clue -- ch. 5. Various interesting instaces of oppression, cruelty, and extortion -- ch. 6. Favourable change in the author's situation ; He commences merchant with threepence.
• Vol. 2: ch. 7. The author's disgust at the West Indies ; Forms schemes to obtain his freedom -- ch. 8. Three remarkable dreams ; The author is shipwrecked on the Bahama-bank -- ch. 9. The author arrives at Martinico ; Meets with difficulties, and sails for England -- ch. 10. Some account of the manner of the author's conversion to the faith of Jesus Christ -- ch. 11. Picking up eleven miserable men at sea in returning to England -- ch. 12. Different transactions of the author's life ; Petition to the Queen ; Conclusion.

Call Number

Sc Rare B-Equiano (Equiano, O. ...Life of Olaudah Equiano. 1789)

OCLC

• 4232810
• NYPGR4232810-B

Author

Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797.

Title

The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African / written by himself ; vol. I[-II]

Publisher

London : 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, [1789]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

English short title catalogue, T140573

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare B-Equiano (accession nos. B571142, B571143) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare B-Equiano accompanied by [2] p. advertisement for booksellers Bellamy and Robarts.

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Denton, W. (William), active 1792-1795, illustrator.

Orme, Daniel, 1766-1837, engraver.

Atkins, Samuel, 1760-1810, illustrator.

S.C. Barnes & Co., engraver.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Bellamy & Robarts, associated name.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare B-Equiano (Equiano, O. ...Life of Olaudah Equiano. 1789)