1. Authenticity and Autobiography: Gustavus Vassa, alias Olaudah Equiano, the African DOCUMENTS Paul E. Lovejoy March 25, 2011

2. Gustavus Vassa c. 1742-1797 Frontispiece, The Interesting Narrative, First edition, 1789

3. 8 th edition, 1794

4. Marriage Certificate Gustavus Vassa and Susannah Cullen 7 April 1792 Soham Community History Museum

5. Will of Gustavus Vassa, 1797 Public Record Office, London, Prob 10/3372

8. St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster

9. Baptismal Register. February 7-11, 1759. St Margaret’s Church, London

10. Haymarket, London

11. Source: Constantine John Phipps, A Voyage towards the North Pole, Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command (London: J. Nourse, 1774)

12. Admiralty Records, Muster Books, ADM 36/7490

13. Muster Book, Race Horse, 1773

14. ichi facial markings Northcote W. Thomas, Anthropological Report on the Ibo-Speaking People of Nigeria (London: Harrison and Sons, 1913), Plate XVII

15. Cornelius O. Adepegba, “A Survey of Nigerian Body Markings and their Relationship to other Nigerian Arts” (Ph.D. thesis, Indiana University, 1976)

16. Source: Constantine John Phipps, A Voyage towards the North Pole, Undertaken by His Majesty’s Command (London: J. Nourse, 1774) Apparatus for Distillation of Seawater Charles Irving, Arctic Expedition, 1773

17. Source: Philip D. Curtin, Two Jamaicas: The Role of Ideas in a Tropical Colony, 1830-1865 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1955) Kingston

18. Mosquito Shore Source: National Library, Kingston, Jamaica