Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 - 31 March 1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the British debate for the abolition of the slave trade. He wrote an autobiography that depicted the horrors of slavery and helped influence British lawmakers to abolish the slave trade in 1807. In addition to being a slave as a young man, he was also a slaver, seaman, merchant, and explorer in South America, … Wikipedia
According to his famous autobiography, written in 1789, Olaudah Equiano (c.1745-1797) was born in what is now Nigeria. www.brycchancarey.com/equiano/index.htm
Equiano was an African writer whose experiences as a slave prompted him to become involved in the British abolition movement. www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/equiano_olaudah.shtml
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Equiano's account of the Middle Passage in his 1789 autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself, is considered definitive. chronicle.com/free/v52/i03/03a01101.htm
This page contains an illustrated biography of Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African. Author of The Interesting Narrative, and a former slave www.brycchancarey.com/equiano/biog.htm
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Olaudah Equiano. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaudah_Equiano
