![]() Equiano’s vivid depiction of the horrors of the Middle Passage, the route along which enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas, helped raise awareness of the brutality of the slave trade. The narrative introduced European and American readers to ideas about life and slavery in Africa and humanized the experience of enslaved Africans. These filled me with astonishment, which was soon converted into terror when I was carried on board.” Summary Overviewįirst published in London, Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, is widely considered the first slave narrative for its presentation of Equiano’s journey from free African to chattel slave to ardent abolitionist. “The first object which saluted my eyes when I arrived on the coast was the sea, and a slave ship. ![]()
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