Olaudah Equiano
By
Colin Graham
2020
Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) was born in Nigeria and taken into slavery at the age of ten. He first arrived in Great Britain in 1757. He bought his freedom in 1766. Employed as a sailor, he travelled widely, visiting the Americas, Canada and the Mediterranean.
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