Millions of Africans were enslaved during the transatlantic slave trade,
but few recorded their personal experiences. Olaudah Equiano's The
Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is perhaps the
most well known of the autobiographies that exist. Using this narrative
as a primary source text, authors Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge share
Equiano's life story in "found verse," supplemented with annotations to
give readers historical context. This poetic approach provides
interesting analysis and synthesis, helping readers to better understand
the original text. Follow Equiano from his life in Africa as a child to
his enslavement at a young age, his travels across the Atlantic Ocean
and Mediterranean Sea, his liberation, and his life as a free man.