# The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

**Author(s):** Olaudah Equiano
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-life-of-olaudah-equiano-or-gustavus-vassa-the-african/verdict.json
**Genres:** biography, literary-fiction, history, autobiography
**Publisher:** Kessinger Publishing, LLC
**Published:** Thu Jan 01 2004 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9781419167492
**ISBN-10:** 1419167499
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-life-of-olaudah-equiano-or-gustavus-vassa-the-african

## Description

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, details its writer's life in slavery, his time spent serving on galleys, the eventual attainment of his own freedom and later success in business. Including a look at how slavery stood in West Africa, the book received favorable reviews and was one of the first slave narratives to be read widely.

## SageChimp reader verdict

The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African has no unpaid published reviews on SageChimp yet. That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence.

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- **Unpaid reviews:** 0
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
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