What does /lit/ think about The Interesting Narrative of the

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Anonymous 2016-06-15 23:23:50 Post No. 8166282 [Report]

What does /lit/ think about The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano?

I think it's an interesting read considering most depictions of slavery in pop culture focus heavily on the deep antebellum south, whereas this book focuses on a different experience. Also, unlike most slave narratives, earning his freedom isn't the end of the book, and about half the book is actually describing his experiences as a freeman.

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Anonymous 2016-06-15 23:24:47 Post No.8166283
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Anonymous 2016-06-15 23:24:47 Post No.8166283 [Report]

>reading a book written by a nigger
Not quite my tempo.

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Anonymous 2016-06-15 23:27:57 Post No.8166292
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Anonymous 2016-06-15 23:27:57 Post No.8166292 [Report]

>>8166282
It was written by a collaboration of white middle class abolitionists. Olaudah Equiano was a front, the most articulate negro they could find.

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Anonymous 2016-06-15 23:32:55 Post No.8166316
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Anonymous 2016-06-15 23:32:55 Post No.8166316 [Report]

>>8166283
Absolutely this.
>>8166292
This too. It was never written by a Negro.

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Anonymous 2016-06-16 02:32:24 Post No.8166901
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Anonymous 2016-06-16 02:32:24 Post No.8166901 [Report]

>>8166283
>>8166292
>>8166316

I suppose I shouldn't have expected more meaningful discussion from this thread.

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Anonymous 2016-06-16 03:13:19 Post No.8167014
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Anonymous 2016-06-16 03:13:19 Post No.8167014 [Report]

and you ain't mah nigga

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Anonymous 2016-06-16 03:22:19 Post No.8167037
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Anonymous 2016-06-16 03:22:19 Post No.8167037 [Report]

It's an astonishing piece. I love how he just kept on trucking until freedom. I wish he'd have written some fiction—i dig his style

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Anonymous 2016-06-16 05:32:47 Post No.8167386
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Anonymous 2016-06-16 05:32:47 Post No.8167386 [Report]

>>8166282
I really liked The Interesting Narrative. It plays with Europe's regards on race really subtly like comparing his native people to Jews and calling the slavers "sable" meaning black.