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The Resource A Son of Africa
A Son of Africa
Resource Information
The item A Son of Africa represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item A Son of Africa represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 29 min.)
- Note
- Title from title frames
- Label
- A Son of Africa
- Title
- A Son of Africa
- Subject
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- Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797
- Feature films
- Short films
- Slavery -- Slaves | African Americans | Race relations -- History | Biography -- 18th Century -- United States
- Slavery -- Slaves | Blacks | Race relations -- History | Biography -- 18th Century -- Great Britain
- Documentary films
- Antislavery movements -- Abolitionists -- Great Britain
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- CaSfKAN
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Date time place
- Originally produced by California Newsreel in 1996
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Riley, Alrick
- Kanopy (Firm)
- Runtime
- 28
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Equiano, Olaudah
- Slavery
- Slavery
- Antislavery movements
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- A Son of Africa
- Note
- Title from title frames
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
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- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 29 min.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Medium for sound
- other
- Other physical details
- digital, .flv file, sound
- Publisher number
- 1139603
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)908377989
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Video recording format
- other
- Label
- A Son of Africa
- Note
- Title from title frames
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 29 min.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Medium for sound
- other
- Other physical details
- digital, .flv file, sound
- Publisher number
- 1139603
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)908377989
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Video recording format
- other
Subject
- Equiano, Olaudah, 1745-1797
- Feature films
- Short films
- Slavery -- Slaves | African Americans | Race relations -- History | Biography -- 18th Century -- United States
- Slavery -- Slaves | Blacks | Race relations -- History | Biography -- 18th Century -- Great Britain
- Documentary films
- Antislavery movements -- Abolitionists -- Great Britain
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