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Title: Olaudah Equiano 17451797


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Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797)
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Childhood
  • Son of a tribal leader
  • kidnapped/ sold into slavery at age 11

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Slavery
  • Renamed Gustavas Vassa
  • Enslaved nearly 10 years
  • Managed his masters finances
  • Earned enough money to buy his freedom

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Freedom
  • Wrote a 2 volume autobiography (The Interesting
    Narrative of Olaudah Equiano)
  • Worked to abolish slavery
  • Slave trade was abolished in 1808 (11 years after
    he died)
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