Olaudah Equiano: Links and Web Resources

On this page I have provided a few links to some of the best Equiano material on the web. Let me know if you have suggestions.

• E-texts

  A large number of sites offer selections from Equiano's Interesting Narrative. Some sites carry just a few short selections, while others have very substantial extracts. However, a word of warning. There are several different editions of the narrative, and not all of them are accurate. If you are a student or scholar who needs to quote the text in an essay, you would be well advised to double check your quotation in a reliable published edition, such as Vincent Carretta's 1995 Penguin edition.

  Full Text:

  • http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/equiano1/menu.html Reliable full text of volume one of the 1789 edition
  • http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/equiano2/menu.html Reliable full text of volume two of the 1789 edition

  Extracts:

  • http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/primary.htm Several useful extracts.
  • http://www.wsu.edu/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/equiano.html Generous helping of extracts.
  • http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/Equiano.html Extracts on a site geared towards students.
  • http://www.bl.uk/collections/africanolaudah.html Very substantial selection, provided by the British Library.
  • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1h320t.html Another long quotation.

• Books and Publishers
  • Buy The Interesting Narrative now from Amazon.
  • The Bookshop Suggested books to buy on Equiano and related topics.

• Miscellaneous
  • The Equiano Project an important source of information presented by the Equiano Society and Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.
  • Olaudah Equiano A brief biography of Equiano.
  • Equiano's Frontispiece A very nice image of the title page and frontispiece to the 1793 edition of The Interestive Narrative.
  • Further Reading A brief bibliography of Equiano studies, aimed at students.
  • Soham Online: History Pages Equiano married Susannah Cullen at St Andrew's Church, Soham on the 7th April 1792. This site includes a facsimile of their marriage certificate.