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A classic book by a former slave who was involved in the abolition movement in England, recounting his life, which included travels around the world as a sailor. It is very good and powerfully written, not so much a straight auobiography as a strong contribution to the anti-slavery debate.
This narrative reminded me of an African American version of Robinson Crusoe which was also published in the 18th century. It was informative in terms of the inter-workings of the slave trade, yet I felt that it was too bogged down with the sea voyage narrative style and I learned more about being on a ship than what the slaves of the slave trade endured. I enjoyed the few and far between moments when Equiano philosophizes about the morality of the slave trade. I was left wanting much more of th
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I kept having to read this for college classes. It is one of the first slave narratives. While historically important, I found it fairly boring and tedious to read
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Nanosynergy
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