Olaudah equiano biography
Olaudah equiano biography
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Olaudah Equiano
Abolitionist and writer (c. 1745 – 1797)
For the exoplanet named in his honour, see HD 43197 b. For the Swedish king, see Gustav Vasa.
Olaudah Equiano (; c.
Olaudah equiano biography summary
1745 – 31 March 1797), known for most of his life as Gustavus Vassa (), was a writer and abolitionist. According to his memoir, he was from the village of Essaka in modern southern Nigeria.[1][2] Enslaved as a child in West Africa, he was shipped to the Caribbean and sold to a Royal Navy officer.
He was sold twice more before purchasing his freedom in 1766.
As a freedman in London, Equiano supported the British abolitionist movement, in the 1780s becoming one of its leading figures. Equiano was part of the abolitionist group the Sons of Africa, whose members were Africans living in Britain.
His 1789 autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, sold so well that nine editions were published during his life and helped secure passage of the British Slave T