Edited and with Notes by Shelly Eversley<br>Introduction by Robert Reid-Pharr<b><br><br></b>In this truly astonishing eighteenth-century memoir, Olaudah Equiano recounts his remarkable life story, which begins when he is kidnapped in Africa as a boy and sold into slavery and culminates when he has achieved renown as a British antislavery advocate. The narrative &#8220;is a strikingly beautiful monument to the startling combination of skill, cunning, and plain good luck that allowed him to win his freedom, write his story, and gain international prominence,&#8221; writes Robert Reid-Pharr in his Introduction. &#8220;He alerts us to the very concerns that trouble modern intellectuals, black, white, and otherwise, on both sides of the Atlantic.&#8221;<br><br>The text of this Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the definitive ninth edition of 1794, reflecting the author&#8217;s final changes to his masterwork.