Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Equiano's Travels: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African by Olaudah Equiano, Paul Geoffrey Edwards

2 reviews

gabriella_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

3.0

This was very informative and I think the opening gave a lot of needed context for the rest of the book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Cursing, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Racism, Colonisation, Confinement, Slavery, and Stalking

ed_moore's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

2.75

I would say that Olaudah Equiano’s ‘The Interesting Narrative’ does in fact live up to its title claim to be ‘interesting’, whereas this is to an extent. The book is the autobiography of the ex-slave, sailor and abolitionist Equiano, and provides a first hand account of the horrors of the institution of slavery. A recount of his time enslaved, of which the first third of the narrative documented, was both haunting and interesting, whereas following Equiano purchasing his freedom it becomes a repetitive recount of various trips on boats with little avail in tandem with repeated Christian preaching to the reader. Despite this, it cannot be denied that Equiano’s lifetime and achievements, given his context and atrocious circumstances, is utterly inspiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, and Trafficking