{"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":"\u003cp\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEric D. Lamore is professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag?ez. He is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eNew Essays on Phillis Wheatley\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eTeaching Olaudah Equiano's Narrative: Pedagogical Strategies and New Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReading African American Autobiography: Twenty-First-Century Contexts and Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911424446738,"sku":"9781952271847","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_671a1d44-3cc0-462e-a472-c3725858a203.jpg?v=1738740789","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/abigail-field-motts-the-life-and-adventures-of-olaudah-equiano-a-scholarly-edition-9781952271847","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}