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245 02 A Son of Africa. 
264  1 [San Francisco, California, USA] :|bKanopy Streaming,
       |c2015. 
300    1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 29 min.) :
       |bdigital, .flv file, sound 
336    two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
344    digital 
347    video file|bMPEG-4|bFlash 
500    Title from title frames. 
518    Originally produced by California Newsreel in 1996. 
520    The Interesting Narration of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, 
       or Gustavus Vassa the African was the first influential 
       slave autobiography. It caused a sensation when published 
       in 1789, fueling a growing anti-slavery movement in the 
       U.S. and England. This BBC production employs dramatic 
       reconstruction, archival material and interviews with 
       scholars such as Stuart Hall and Ian Duffield to provide 
       the social and economic context of the 18th century slave 
       trade. Equiano's narrative begins in the West African 
       village where he was kidnapped into slavery in 1756. He 
       vividly recalls the pestilence and horror of the Middle 
       Passage: "I now wished for the last friend, Death, to 
       relieve me." Eventually the young Equiano was shipped to a
       Virginia plantation where he witnessed slaves tortured 
       with thumbscrews and the iron muzzle. Slavery, he would 
       write, brutalizes everyone - the slaves, their overseers, 
       plantation wives, the whole of society. Sold again to a 
       British naval officer, he learned to read and write, 
       became a skilled trader, and eventually managed to buy his
       freedom. Equiano's adventures eventually brought him to 
       London where he married into English society and became a 
       leading abolitionist. His exposé of the infamous slaver 
       Zong - 133 slaves thrown overboard in mid-ocean for the 
       insurance money - shook the nation. But it was Equiano's 
       book that would prove his most lasting contribution to the
       abolitionist movement, a book which vividly demonstrated 
       the humanity of Africans as much as the inhumanity of 
       slavery. "Powerful and evocative, this superb film is 
       faithful to the single most important personal account 
       ever written by a victim of the slave trade...Wonderfully 
       instructive for high school and college students." - 
       Winthrop D. Jordan, University of Mississippi. "A superb 
       biography and treatment of slavery and the early abolition
       movement." - John W. Blasingame, Yale University. "Will 
       make students want to read Equiano's amazing 
       narrative...Tells us as much about the 18th century 
       Atlantic world as Ben Franklin's autobiography." - Peter 
       H. Wood, Duke University. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
600 10 Equiano, Olaudah,|d1745-1797. 
650  0 Antislavery movements|zGreat Britain|xAbolitionists. 
650  9 Slavery|zGreat Britain|xSlaves|xBlacks|xRace relations
       |xHistory|y18th century|vBiography. 
650  9 Slavery|zUnited States|xSlaves|xAfrican Americans|xRace 
       relations|xHistory|y18th century|vBiography. 
655  7 Documentary films.|2lcgft 
655  7 Short films.|2lcgft 
655  7 Feature films.|2lcgft 
690  7 Slavery|zUnited States|xEnslaved persons|xAfrican 
       Americans|xRace relations|xHistory|y18th century
       |vBiography.|2local DEI term 
690  7 Slavery|zGreat Britain|xEnslaved persons|xBlacks|xRace 
       relations|xHistory|y18th century|vBiography.|2local DEI 
       term 
700 1  Riley, Alrick,|efilm director. 
710 2  Kanopy (Firm) 
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