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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Deconstructing a Slave Narrative Dr. Kevin B. Witherspoon

Equiano: a Slave The life of a slave African beginnings Abduction The Middle Passage Slavery in the Americas Treatment of slaves Earning his freedom

Equiano: a Free Man Life as a free black man The trials of freedom Continued mistreatment Voyages Quest for religion Joining the abolitionist movement Writing the book

Life in Africa His origins African slave trade His name Capture

The Middle Passage Conditions on the ship Below decks Brutal treatment Suicide attempts

The Middle Passage

Cruel Treatment of Slaves

Slavery: a Flexible Institution The Atlantic Creole Life on the seas Education Skills Money Power Purchasing freedom

Treatment of Free Blacks Capture/recapture Could not testify Abuse

Spirituality in Equiano

Vassa the Abolitionist The economics of slavery: Poor treatment is bad business Slavery degrades everyone

Equiano as Forrest Gump French & Indian War Stamp Act Great Awakening Voyage to the Arctic Quakers/Philadelphia “Back to Africa”

The Slave Narrative Literature of the times Travel literature Spiritual autobiography Benjamin Franklin The “noble savage” The slave narrative

Equiano? Or Vassa? Vincent Carretta and Paul Lovejoy Equiano’s birth Baptismal record 1759 Muster roll 1773 Inaccuracies of early life Equiano’s name

Equiano or Vassa? Why would he lie? Dissecting the text: Plagiarism? What does it mean? Does it matter to us?