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Title A Son Of Africa: The Slave Narrative Of Olaudah Equiano
 
Author(s)
Local Call Num. 300355
Status This item is OUT and should be returned on
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
Level College
Pages videocassette
Publishing Info California Newsreel/Resolution Inc. 1996
Loan Type/Days AV-Audio Visual / This item may circulate for 7 Days
Department MESA-Mesa College
Media VHC-VH College
Volume/Issue (28 min.)
Subjects African Americans -- Biography
Slaves -- United States -- Biography
Slaves -- Great Britain -- Biography
 
Description sound,color;
1/2 in.
Profiles the author of the first widely read slave autobiography. Recounts the life story of Oloudah Equiano, who was captured in 1756, worked on a Virginia plantation, served in the British Navy, educated himself, bought his freedom and settled in London.