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The dangers of the voyage to the north pole impressed upon equiano how much he owed to god and how precarious his mortal life was. Interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, the. His autobiography, the interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano. Olaudah equiano books list of books by author olaudah. Free audio books in genre biography that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player. Equiano describes it as the happiest day of his life. The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, or gustavus vassa, the free ebook project gutenberg. Olaudah equiano was born in 1745 in eboe, in what is now nigeria. Following the publication of his book, he traveled throughout great britain as an abolitionist and author. Mar 17, 2005 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, or. It was first published in 1789 and gained notoriety as a mechanism for the abolitionist movement in.
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