The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, by Olaudah Equiano, reproduced by permission of St. Martin's Press ...

Equiano was born in Essaka, a small village in Benin, in 1745. His father was an Embrenche, an elder or chief, and oversaw disputes and punishments. He had five brothers and one sister, and was ...

Nigel Clarke celebrates the life and work of the eighteenth century anti-slavery campaigner Olaudah Equiano, once an enslaved person himself. Hi, I'm Nigel, and I'm a TV presenter. I was born and ...

1789: Olaudah Equiano's autobiography In 1789, Equiano published his autobiography, which detailed his experiences of enslavement. Equiano embarked on a lecture tour through Ireland, Scotland and ...

The stories of abolitionists such as Olaudah Equiano and Phillis Wheatley will ... After publishing his autobiography in 1789 ...

This was also seen by some as a good way of disposing of a troublesome minority. Olaudah Equiano was appointed commissary of provisions and stores for the emigrant poor going to Sierra Leone.