Olaudah Equiano
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Olaudah Equiano
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Olaudah Equiano, 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. 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 abo
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Abolitionist and writer (c. 1745 – 1797)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaudah_Equiano
date created:
2004-05-15T20:02:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T18:13:18Z
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