Books do indeed change lives--and hearts and minds also. In 1789, Olaudah Equiano published the first widely read slave autobiography, which helped fuel a growing anti-slavery movement in America and England. This video employs scholars and re-enactors to recount Equiano's eventful life. Equiano survived the miserable passage to America on a slave ship, eventually bought his freedom, and had a full career sailing on British naval ships, but the abolition of slavery was his lifelong passion. In spite of a very brief glimpse of female nudity, this video is recommended for high school libraries, as well as public and academic. Aud: H, C, P. (S. Rees)
A Son of Africa: The Slave Narrative of Olaudah Equiano
(1996) 28 min. Public libraries & high schools: $49.95; colleges & universities: $195. California Newsreel. PPR. Color cover. Vol. 12, Issue 1
A Son of Africa: The Slave Narrative of Olaudah Equiano
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