Slavery and the Interesting Life of Equiano

Bob Allison conducted our second seminar session at the Ferrway School in Malden today. Teachers engaged in a discussion about the life of Olaudah Equiano, whose life story was compiled into a narrative entitled, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Written by Himself with Related Documents. Teachers grappled with questions about the authenticity of Equiano's life story in which he describes his capture in West Africa as a boy, his life as a slave, and his eventual purchase of freedom from his master.