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1 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Deconstructing a Slave Narrative
Dr. Kevin B. Witherspoon

2 Equiano: a Slave The life of a slave African beginnings Abduction
The Middle Passage Slavery in the Americas Treatment of slaves Earning his freedom

3 Equiano: a Free Man Life as a free black man The trials of freedom
Continued mistreatment Voyages Quest for religion Joining the abolitionist movement Writing the book

4 Life in Africa His origins African slave trade His name Capture

5 The Middle Passage Conditions on the ship Below decks Brutal treatment
Suicide attempts

6 The Middle Passage

7 Cruel Treatment of Slaves

8 Slavery: a Flexible Institution
The Atlantic Creole Life on the seas Education Skills Money Power Purchasing freedom

9 Treatment of Free Blacks
Capture/recapture Could not testify Abuse

10 Spirituality in Equiano

11 Vassa the Abolitionist
The economics of slavery: Poor treatment is bad business Slavery degrades everyone

12 Equiano as Forrest Gump
French & Indian War Stamp Act Great Awakening Voyage to the Arctic Quakers/Philadelphia “Back to Africa”

13 The Slave Narrative Literature of the times Travel literature
Spiritual autobiography Benjamin Franklin The “noble savage” The slave narrative

14 Equiano? Or Vassa? Vincent Carretta and Paul Lovejoy Equiano’s birth
Baptismal record 1759 Muster roll 1773 Inaccuracies of early life Equiano’s name

15 Equiano or Vassa? Why would he lie? Dissecting the text:
Plagiarism? What does it mean? Does it matter to us?

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