By 1765, Olaudah was sold on to London ship’s captain James Doran, who set sail for Montserrat aboard the Charming Sally, where he was traded again, this time to Robert King, a well-to-do Quaker ...

Captured far from the African coast when he was a boy of 11, Olaudah Equiano was sold into slavery, later acquired his freedom, and, in 1789, wrote his widely-read autobiography, ...

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 ...

OUR ROOTS – Equiano Olaudah Olaudah Equiano was a remarkable person in British history. He was snatched from his home, country and culture in West Africa at the age of eleven and not only did he ...

The Atlantic slave trade during its heyday and the remarkable life of Olaudah Equiano. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. Thanks! Check your phone for a link to ...

Subject Equiano, Olaudah 1745- Notes AFA copy 39088019751270 is a gift from Janet Stanley. Contents Introduction -- Chapter I. Legal records -- Chapter II. Correspondence -- Chapter III. Newspapers -- ...

An image of Olaudah Equiano featured in the frontispiece of his memoir. Wikimedia Commons There is a painting in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in England that tends to make onlookers stop.

Object Details Author Mullane, Deirdre Contents The first Africans in North America -- Olaudah Equiano -- Early slave revolts -- Lucy Terry -- Jupiter Hammon -- African Americans in the American ...

Equiano’s story is famously documented in the 1789 book he self-published, “The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African, as Published by Himself.” ...