The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By Himself — Page 1
THE
LA
INTERESTING NARRATIVE
INTERESANTE NARRATIVA
OF
DE
THE LIFE
LA VIDA
OF
DE
OLAUDAH EQUIANO,
OLAUDAH EQUIANO,
OR
O
GUSTAVUS VASSA,
GUSTAVUS VASSA,
THE AFRICAN.
EL AFRICANO.
_WRITTEN BY HIMSELF._
_ESCRITA POR ÉL MISMO._
_Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid, for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
_He aquí, Dios es mi salvación; confiaré y no temeré, porque el Señor Jehová es mi fortaleza y mi canción; él también se ha convertido en mi salvación.
And in that shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people. Isaiah xii. 2, 4._
Y en aquel día diréis: Alabad al Señor, invocad su nombre, declarad sus obras entre los pueblos. Isaías xii. 2, 4._
LONDON:
LONDRES:
Printed for and sold by the Author, No. 10, Union-Street, Middlesex Hospital
Impreso y vendido por el Autor, N.º 10, Union-Street, Hospital de Middlesex
Sold also by Mr. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard; Mr. Murray, Fleet-Street; Messrs. Robson and Clark, Bond-Street; Mr. Davis, opposite Gray's Inn, Holborn; Messrs. Shepperson and Reynolds, and Mr. Jackson, Oxford Street; Mr. Lackington, Chiswell-Street; Mr. Mathews, Strand; Mr. Murray, Prince's-Street, Soho; Mess. Taylor and Co. South Arch, Royal Exchange; Mr. Button, Newington-Causeway; Mr. Parsons, Paternoster-Row; and may be had of all the Booksellers in Town and Country.
Vendido también por el Sr. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard; el Sr. Murray, Fleet-Street; los Sres. Robson y Clark, Bond-Street; el Sr. Davis, frente a Gray's Inn, Holborn; los Sres. Shepperson y Reynolds, y el Sr. Jackson, Oxford Street; el Sr. Lackington, Chiswell-Street; el Sr. Mathews, Strand; el Sr. Murray, Prince's-Street, Soho; los Sres. Taylor y Cía., South Arch, Royal Exchange; el Sr. Button, Newington-Causeway; el Sr. Parsons, Paternoster-Row; y puede obtenerse en todas las librerías de la ciudad y del país.
[Entered at Stationer's Hall.]
[Registrado en Stationer's Hall.]
[Illustration: Olaudah Equiano or GUSTAVUS VASSA, _the African_]
[Ilustración: Olaudah Equiano o GUSTAVUS VASSA, _el Africano_]
To the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain.
A los Lores Espirituales y Temporales, y a los Comunes del Parlamento de Gran Bretaña.
_My Lords and Gentlemen_,
_Mis Lores y Caballeros_,
Permit me, with the greatest deference and respect, to lay at your feet the following genuine Narrative; the chief design of which is to excite in your august assemblies a sense of compassion for the miseries which the Slave-Trade has entailed on my unfortunate countrymen.
Permitidme, con la mayor deferencia y respeto, poner a vuestros pies la siguiente genuina Narrativa; cuyo principal propósito es despertar en vuestras augustas asambleas un sentimiento de compasión por las miserias que el Comercio de Esclavos ha ocasionado a mis desafortunados compatriotas.
Vocabulary
- INTERESANTE
- Describes something that captures attention or curiosity
- NARRATIVA
- A written or spoken account of events or story
- VIDA
- The state of being alive; one's existence
- AFRICANO
- Relating to or originating from Africa
- ESCRITA
- Past participle of escribir; something written down
- MISMO
- Means 'himself' or 'same', used for emphasis
- He
- First-person singular present of haber, 'I have'
- aquí
- Adverb meaning 'here', indicating a nearby place
- Dios
- The supreme being; God in the Christian faith
- salvación
- The act of being saved, especially spiritually
- confiaré
- Future tense of confiar; 'I will trust'
- temeré
- Future tense of temer; 'I will fear'
- Señor
- Title of respect; also refers to God or Lord
- fortaleza
- Strength, fortitude, or a fortified defensive structure
- canción
- A musical composition with words; a song
- también
- Adverb meaning 'also' or 'too', adding information
- convertido
- Past participle of convertir; become or transformed into
- aquel
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (distant reference)
- día
- A period of 24 hours; daytime
- diréis
- Second-person plural future of decir; 'you will say'
- Alabad
- Imperative plural of alabar; 'praise' (a command)
- invocad
- Imperative plural of invocar; 'call upon' or 'invoke'
- nombre
- A word used to identify a person or thing
- declarad
- Imperative plural of declarar; 'declare' or 'announce'
- obras
- Works, deeds, or actions performed by someone
- entre
- Preposition meaning 'among' or 'between'
- pueblos
- Towns, peoples, or nations as a collective group
- LONDRES
- Spanish name for the capital city of England
- Impreso
- Past participle of imprimir; something printed on paper
- vendido
- Past participle of vender; sold to a buyer
- Autor
- A person who writes or creates a literary work
- Hospital
- A medical institution providing treatment for patients
- frente
- Front side of something; 'facing' or 'opposite'
- puede
- Third-person singular of poder; 'can' or 'is able'
- obtenerse
- Reflexive infinitive of obtener; to be obtained
- todas
- Feminine plural of todo; meaning 'all' or 'every'
- librerías
- Stores where books are sold to the public
- ciudad
- A large and important populated urban settlement
- país
- A nation or territory with its own government
- Registrado
- Past participle of registrar; officially recorded or registered
- Ilustración
- An image or drawing; also the Enlightenment movement
- Africano
- Adjective or noun referring to someone from Africa
- Espirituales
- Relating to the spirit or soul; non-material matters
- Temporales
- Relating to worldly or time-bound secular matters
- Comunes
- Common people; refers to the House of Commons
- Parlamento
- The legislative body that makes laws for a country
- Gran
- Adjective meaning 'great' or 'large' before nouns
- Bretaña
- Spanish name for Britain, a region in the British Isles
- Caballeros
- Gentlemen or knights; a respectful form of address
- Permitidme
- Imperative plural of permitir reflexive; 'allow me'
- mayor
- Greater in size, degree, or importance than others
- deferencia
- Respectful submission or yielding to another's judgment
- respeto
- Polite regard and esteem shown toward someone
- poner
- To place or put something in a specific location
- vuestros
- Plural possessive adjective meaning 'your' (plural formal)
- pies
- Plural of pie; feet, the lower extremities of legs
- siguiente
- Adjective meaning 'following' or 'next' in sequence
- genuina
- Authentic, real, and not fake or counterfeit
- Narrativa
- A written or spoken account telling a story
- cuyo
- Relative possessive pronoun meaning 'whose' or 'of which'
- principal
- Most important or primary among several things
- propósito
- An aim or intention behind an action or work
- despertar
- To wake up or arouse someone from sleep or inaction
- vuestras
- Feminine plural possessive adjective meaning 'your'
- asambleas
- Formal gatherings or meetings of a group
- sentimiento
- An emotional feeling or sense experienced internally
- compasión
- Sympathetic concern for the suffering of others
- miserias
- Extreme suffering, poverty, or unhappy conditions
- Comercio
- Trade or commerce between businesses or nations
- Esclavos
- People forced into bondage and owned by others
- ocasionado
- Past participle of ocasionar; caused or brought about
- desafortunados
- Unlucky or unfortunate people facing hardship
- compatriotas
- People from the same country; fellow countrymen
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