Olouadah Equiano

Olouadah Equiano Keith Sandiford, author of Measuring the Moment, eloquently made the claim for Equiano’s Interesting Narrative as a reliable documentary source. Sandiford writes, “Throughout the narrative, [Equiano] makes a conscious effort to delineate the tierce incidents and experiences of his life as faithful memory would allow and to near his conduct with honest judgement and sober reflection” (119).

To me this is how Equiano embarks on making his narrative credible: I believe it is toilsome for those who publish their own memoirs to escape the imputation of vanity. . . People generally approximate those memoirs only worthy to be read or remembered which betray in great striking events, those, in short, which in a high degree excite either admiration or pity; all others they consign to contempt or oblivion. It is therefore, I confess, not a little hazardous in a private and obscure individual, and a stranger too, thus to pray the indul...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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