{"product_id":"abigail-field-motts-the-life-and-adventures-of-olaudah-equiano-a-scholarly-edition-9781952271847","title":"Abigail Field Mott's The Life and Adventures of Olaudah Equiano: A Scholarly Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn adaptation of Olaudah Equiano’s \u003ci\u003eInteresting Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e published for Black children in 1829, now given new life in a major scholarly edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1829, Samuel Wood and Sons, a New York publisher of children’s literature, printed and sold the Quaker Abigail Field Mott’s \u003ci\u003eLife and Adventures of Olaudah Equiano\u003c\/i\u003e. Mott adapted Olaudah Equiano’s \u003ci\u003eInteresting Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e, a bestselling autobiography first published in London in 1789 for Black children studying at New York African Free Schools, one of the first educational systems to teach individuals of African descent in the United States. \u003cp\u003e By reissuing Mott’s neglected adaptation with contextualizing scholarly apparatus, Eric D. Lamore disrupts the editorial tradition of selecting a London edition of Equiano’s \u003ci\u003eInteresting Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e, and positions Equiano in the United States instead of Great Britain. Lamore’s volume contains Mott’s children’s book, which includes a series of illustrations, in a facsimile edition; instructive notes on \u003ci\u003eLife and Adventures\u003c\/i\u003e; a provocative essay on the adaptation; and selections from relevant texts on the New York African Free Schools and other related topics. With its focus on the intersections of early Black Atlantic and American studies, children’s literature, history of education, life writing, and book history, this edition offers a fresh take on Equiano and his autobiography for a variety of twenty-first-century audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEric D. Lamore’s multifaceted edition of Abigail Field Mott \u003ci\u003eLife and Adventures of Olaudah Equiano\u003c\/i\u003e challenges textual paradigms in early Black Atlantic studies by bridging divisions between literary history and book history. This much-needed volume documents an important chapter in the evolution of Equiano’s transatlantic posthumous reputation while introducing readers to a signal contribution to early African American children’s literature.\"—William L. Andrews, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Think you’ve read the ‘authorized’ edition of Olaudah Equiano’s narrative? EricD. Lamore’s edition of Abigail Field Mott’s \u003ci\u003eLife and Adventures of Olaudah Equiano\u003c\/i\u003e might have you question your choice. It is an incisive, must-read primer for anyone considering Equiano or early American book history, Black subjectivity, and authorship. Read this book—and learn to think in new ways about what it means to tell a Black person’s story.\"—Tara Bynum, University of Iowa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Note on the Text  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life and Adventures of Olaudah Equiano; or, Gustavus Vassa, the African \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Explanatory Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix A: Rethinking Textual Paradigms in Early Black Atlantic Studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix B: Pedagogy, Politics, and Regulations at the New York African Free Schools \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAn Address to the Parents and Guardians of the ChildrenBelonging to the New-York African Free-School\u003c\/i\u003e(1818) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Charles C. Andrews, Letter to John B. Russwurm,\u003ci\u003eFreedom’s Journal\u003c\/i\u003e(1827) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e “A[frican] F[ree] S[chool],”\u003ci\u003eFreedom’s Journal\u003c\/i\u003e(1828) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A “[R]esolution,”\u003ci\u003eCommercial Advertiser\u003c\/i\u003e(1828) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Selections from Charles C. Andrews,\u003ci\u003eThe History of theNew-York African Free-Schools\u003c\/i\u003e(1830) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Appendix C: Additional Works by and about Abigail Field Mott  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Short Account of the Last Sickness and Death of Maria Mott\u003c\/i\u003e(1817) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e “G[eneral] R[emarks]” from Abigail Field Mott,\u003ci\u003eObservations on theImportance of Female Education, and Maternal Instruction\u003c\/i\u003e(1825) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Selections from Abigail Field Mott,\u003ci\u003eBiographical Sketches andInteresting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour\u003c\/i\u003e(1826) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Selections from Abigail Field Mott,\u003ci\u003eThe Mother and Her Children\u003c\/i\u003e(1828) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e “Report of [the] Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society of Albany,”\u003ci\u003eThe Albany Patriot\u003c\/i\u003e(1845) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Abigail Field Mott, “[\u003ci\u003eNarrative\u003c\/i\u003e] of Douglass,”\u003ci\u003eThe Liberator\u003c\/i\u003e(1845) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMemoir of Purchase Monthly Meeting, Concerning Abigail Mott\u003c\/i\u003e(1852) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Appendix D: Selected Commentary on the Institution of Slavery inBooks Published by Samuel Wood and Sons \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e “To the Reader,”\u003ci\u003eThe Penitential Tyrant\u003c\/i\u003e(1807) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e “A Family [C]onversation on the Slavery of the Negroes,”\u003ci\u003eThe New-York Reader, No. 2\u003c\/i\u003e(1813) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e “Master and Slave,”\u003ci\u003eThe New-York Reader, No. 3\u003c\/i\u003e(1819)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53192396112215,"sku":"9781952271847","price":23.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/abigail-field-motts-the-life-and-adventures-of-olaudah-equiano-a-scholarly-edition-9781952271847","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}