A selective bibliography of open access articles on 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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Carretta, Vincent. A substantial introduction to Equiano from the Literary Encyclopedia 28 October 2000
Carretta, Vincent and Philip Gould, eds.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. In African American Review, Winter, 2003 reviewed by John C. Shields
Costanzo, Angelo. Strategies for teaching Equiano. From Heath
Search findarticles.com for full-text articles on Equiano. A quick search yielded about 30 previously published articles and book reviews, from publications such as MELUS, African American Review, African Studies Review, and Teaching History
Quintanilla, Mark. "Mercantile communities in the Ceded Islands: the Alexander Bartlet & George Campbell Company." Background reading: On the enormous importance of the Caribbean to the European imperialists. In International Social Science Review, Spring-Summer, 2004
An internet project on Equiano provides background on the Middle Passage, Equiano's style and influence
Resources on Equiano from PBS
Resources on Equiano and the anti-slavery movement in England, from the BBC
Web site on Equiano by Brycchan Carey, with additional sections on Ignatius Sancho, Ottobah Cugoano, British Abolitionists, and more
North American Slave Narratives, from Documenting the American South
A feature page on the Restoration from the BBC for a basic introduction to the period 1660-1713
A feature page on the Georgians from the BBC for a basic introduction to the period 1714-1837
Selections from the Life of Gustavus Vassa. "Olaudah Equiano composed the first-ever slave autobiography as a freed slave living in England. His autobiography, The Life of Gustavus Vassa (Gustavus Vassa was one of the names given to him by his owners), became a phenomenal best-seller in its time, both in England and America, and fueled a young but growing anti-slavery movement."
For a list of works by Equiano available on the internet as etexts, use this link to the On-Line Books Page, a search engine for finding internet full texts
Selected Bibliography on Olaudah Equiano, by Brycchan Carey, Kingston University, 3 July 2002 (removed from http://www.c18.rutgers.edu/biblio/equiano.html)
1998-2007 by Donna J. Pridmore
Updated 5/13/05