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)