Product Description: Olaudah Equiano's capture by slave-traders at the age of ten took him from life in what is now Eastern Nigeria and thrust him on a fateful journey that would submerge him in an incomprehensible world. He emerged a gifted writer and has provided insights into centuries of slave trading and why the relationship between black and white seems always in favor of white...read more

Product Description: This is a wonderful narrative telling of Equiano's early life in Ibo country, his days as a slave in Southern America and of his later travels. 'Equiano's book continues to be relevant well after two centuries not only because it is was competently organised and well written but also because it has behind it a strong personality whose presence is felt on every page...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is a collection of the letters written by Ignatius Sancho, a celebrated literary figure in 18th-century London. It gives insights into ordinary 18th-century London life from a middle-class black perspective and provides a contrast with the more radical slave narrative.

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Product Description: This narrative tells of the 18th-century author's early life in Ibo country, his days as a slave in Southern America and of his later travels.