The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Year: 1789
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
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Abstract

I have already acquainted the reader with the time and place of my birth. My father, besides many slaves, had a numerous family, of which seven lived to grow up, including myself and a sister, who was the only daughter. As I was the youngest of the sons, I became, of course, the greatest favourite with my mother, and was always with her; and she used to take particular pains to form my mind. I was trained up from my earliest years in the art of war; my daily exercise was shooting and throwing javelins; and my mother adorned me with emblems, after the manner of our greatest warriors. In this way I grew up till I was turned the age of eleven, when an end was put to my happiness in the following manner: —

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