Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745-1797)

A selective list of articles on the eighteenth-century autobiographer Olaudah Equiano, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the Modern Language Association Guidelines for Authors of Web Pages

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Introduction & Literary Criticism

"Olaudah Equiano." A biography of Equiano and information on the historical background, from PBS

"Olaudah Equiano." Part of a history web site at the BBC

"Olaudah Equiano." A very brief introduction to Equiano from the college textbook Heath Anthology of American Literature

"Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African." A web site by the researcher and writer on abolitionism Brycchan Carey. The site contains additional sections on Ignatius Sancho, Ottobah Cugoano, British Abolitionists, and much more

Carretta, Vincent. "Olaudah Equiano." A substantial introduction to Equiano, from the Literary Encyclopedia 28 October 2000 [subscription service]

Carretta, Vincent and Philip Gould, eds. A review of Genius in Bondage: Literature of the Early Black Atlantic. Covers many writers of the African Atlantic, including Briton Hammon, Ottobah Cugoano, Jupiter Hammon, John Marrant, and Benjamin Banneker, Phillis Wheatley, Sancho, Olaudah Equiano, and Mary Prince. African American Review Winter 2003, reviewed by John C. Shields

Costanzo, Angelo. Strategies for teaching Equiano: themes, historical perspective, discussion questions. From educational publisher Heath

North American Slave Narratives, from Documenting the American South

The American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies. Web site for the scholarly journal.

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