Book/Printed Material The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Page view
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Image 1 of Page view- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
- Date: 1791
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Image 2 of Page view Jane Osbourne Jan Osbourne JJJaneJ jj J Jane Library of Congress Toner Collection Chap__________ Shelf___________ United States of America The Library of Congress RARE BOOK COLLECTION- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
- Date: 1791
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Image 3 of Page view- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
- Date: 1791
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Image 4 of Page view- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
- Date: 1791
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Image 5 of Page view THE INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF OLAUDAH EQUIANO OR GUSTAVUS VASSA THE AFRICAN WRITTEN BY HIMSELF VOL 1 Behold God is my salvation I will trust and not be afraid for…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 6 of Page view- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 7 of Page view CONTENTS OF VOLUME I CHAP I Page The authors account of his country their manners and customs c I CHAP II The authors birth and parentage His being kidnapped with his sister…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 8 of Page view- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 9 of Page view A LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS A Rev Burgiss Allison Principle of the Acadamy at Bordentown John Applegate QueenStreet NY John Alsop Jun 12 copies John Ashfield No 44 William Street Mary Alsop Middletown…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 10 of Page view SUBSCRIBERS D Thomas Dobson BookSeller Phila 100 copies Cornelius Davis NY John Durell do Samuel Dodge do Samuel M Dickenson Middletown Connecticut Stephen Dehart Eliz Town NJ George Duryee jun Bushwick LongIsland…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 11 of Page view SUBSCRIBERS I David Richard Floyd Jones Q county S NY Abigail Kenyon do K John Kent BroadWay NY L Samuel Le Count NY Philip K Lawrence do Loins and Wright do 6…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 12 of Page view SUBSCRIBERS Rev William Rogers D D Professor of English and Oratory in the College of Philadelphia Noah Reest Jeffe Riley WEathersfield Connecticut Matthew I Russel Esq Middletown Roger Riley Esq Berlin Connecticut…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 13 of Page view THE LIFE c CHAPTER I The authors account of his country and their manners and customs Administration of justice Embrenche Marriage ceremony and public entertainments Mode of living Dress Manufactures Buildings Commerce…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 14 of Page view 2 those in short which in a high degree excite either admiration or pity all other they consign to contempt and oblivion It is there I confess not a little hazardous in…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 15 of Page view 3 taken will be fully attained and every wish of my heart gratified Let it therefore be remembered that in wishing to avoid censure I do to aspire to praise That part…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 16 of Page view 4 never heard of white men or Europeans nor of the sea and our subjection on to the king of Benin was little more than nominal for every transaction of the government…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 17 of Page view 5 men decided disputes and punished crimes for which purpose they always assembled together The proceedings were generally short and in most cases the law of retalliation prevailed I remember a man…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 18 of Page view 6 The men however do not preserve the same constancy to their wives which they expect from them for they indulge in a plurality though seldom in more then two Their mode…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 19 of Page view 7 which generally consists of portions of land slaves and cattle household goods and implements of husbandry These are offered by friends of both parties besides which the parents of the bridegroom…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 20 of Page view 8 third and the maidens the fourth Each represents some interesting scene of real life such as a great achievement domestic employment a pathetic story or some rural sport and as the…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 21 of Page view 9 they dispose with some profusion on their arms and legs When our women are not employed with the men in tillage their usual occupation is spinning and weaving cotton which they…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 22 of Page view 10 usually eats alone his wives and slaves have also their separate tables Before we taste food we always wash our hands indeed our cleanliness on all occasions is extreme but on…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 23 of Page view 11 odour We beat this wood into powder and mix it with palm oil with which both men and women perfume themselves In our buildings we study convenience rather than ornament Each…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 24 of Page view 12 of the slaves and their families are distributed throughout the rest of the enclosure These houses never exceed one story in height they are always built of wood or stakes driven…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 25 of Page view 13 assistance in building them and in return receive and expect no other recompense than a feast As we live in a country where nature is prodigal of her favours our wants…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 26 of Page view 14 always carry slaves through our land but the strictest account is exacted of their manner of procuring them before they are suffered to pass Sometimes indeed we sold slaves to them…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 27 of Page view 15 Agriculture is our chief employment and every one even the children and women are engaged in it Thus we are all habituated to labour from our earliest years Every one contributes…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 28 of Page view 16 I remember to have heard and instance of incontinence amongst them before marriage They are also remarkably cheerful Indeed cheerfulness and affability are two of the leading characteristics of our nation…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 29 of Page view 17 they appear to have been irruptions of one little state or district on the other to obtain prisoners or booty Perhaps they were incited to this by those traders who brough…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 30 of Page view arms bows and arrows broad twoedged swords and javelins we have shields alfo which cover a man from head to foot All are taught the ufe of thefweapons even our women are…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 31 of Page view 19 battle and her arm was exposed in our market pace where our trophies were always exhibited The spoiled were divided according to the merit of the warriors Those prisoners which were…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 32 of Page view or captivity but as for the doctrine of eternity I do not remember to have ever heard of it some however believe in the transmigration of souls in a certain degree Those…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 33 of Page view 21 gave an inexpressible terror to the scene We compute the year from the day on which the sun crosses the line and on its setting that evening there is a general…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 34 of Page view herbs We had a faying among us to any one of a crofs temper That if they were to be eaten they flould be eaten with bitter herbs We practified circumcifion like…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 35 of Page view 23 gion and therefore we had many purifications and washings indeed almost as many and used on the same occasions if my recollection does not fail me as the Jews Those that…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 36 of Page view 24 were succeeded by their sons Most of their implements and things of value were intered along with them Pipes and tobacco were also put into the grave with the corpse which…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 37 of Page view 25 it was not known by whom the doctors ordered the corpse to be taken up by some persons and carried to the grave As soon as the bearers had raised it…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 38 of Page view 26 The natives are extremely cautious about poison When they buy any eatable the seller kisses it all round before the buyer to shew him it Is not poisoned and the fame…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 39 of Page view 27 poisonous one of them crossed the road one day as I was standing on it and passed between my feet without offering to touch me to the great surprise of many…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
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Image 40 of Page view concubine for both thefe titles are applied to her It is alfo conformable to the fentiments of Dr John Clarke formerly Dean of Sarum in his truth of the Chriftian religion both…- Contributor: Equiano, Olaudah - Tiebout, Cornelius - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)
- Date: 1791
About this Item
Title
- The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
Names
- Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797
- Tiebout, Cornelius, 1777-1832, engraver
- Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith), 1825-1896, former owner
- American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- New-York : Printed and sold by W. Durell ..., 1791.
Headings
- - Equiano, Olaudah,--1745-1797
- - Enslaved persons--United States--Biography
- - Enslaved persons--Great Britain--Biography
- - Slavery--West Indies
- - African Americans--Biography
Genre
- Biographies
Notes
- - Plates engraved by Cornelius Tiebout.
- - Signatures: [A]⁴ B-R⁶ S² ²B-R⁶.
- - Vol. 1: [8], 194 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [2], 192 p., [1] folded leaf of plates.
- - List of subscribers: v. 1, p. [5-8], 1st group of paging.
- - LC copy imperfect: port wanting.
- - LC copy formerly in the Toner Collection.
- - LC copy has inscriptions: Jane Osbourn.
- - Evans 23353
- - English short title catalogue, W20545
- - LAC tnb 2019-08-14 no edits (2 cards)
Medium
- 2 v. in 1 : ill., port. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Call Number/Physical Location
- HT869.E6 A3 1791
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 99199422
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- online text
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Contributor
- American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Equiano, Olaudah
- Tiebout, Cornelius
- Toner, Joseph M. (Joseph Meredith)