Olaudah Equiano was born in what is now Nigeria, in 1745. He was kidnapped and sold to slave traders in 1756, at the age of 11.
He was captured by someone got over his city walls, and they took him and his sister when his parents were not there.
1745
Olaudah Equiano nickname was Gustavus Vassa. He was an African that was invoved in the movement for the abolition of the the slave trade. He was born in 1745 and died in 1797.
In 1766 for £40
Passing off a fiction novel as an autobiography.
He was captured at the age of eleven, by slave traders.
He was captured by someone got over his city walls, and they took him and his sister when his parents were not there.
Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano is from Igboland which is 16,216 square miles from here
Olaudah Equiano's sister's name was unknown. She is not mentioned by name in Equiano's autobiography.
Olaudah Equiano's father was Igbo, from what is now Nigeria.
Olaudah Equiano purchased his freedom in 1766.
Olaudah Equiano and his wife Susanna Cullen did not have any children.
Yes he did. Then he moved back to England but Olaudah Equiano did buy his own freedom.
Olaudah Equiano is not the first male to write about his experiences, but he is known for being one of the earliest African writers to document his life as a former slave. Other male writers had also written about their experiences before him, but Equiano's autobiography, "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano," was particularly influential in the abolitionist movement.
He wasn't
Olaudah Equiano is his birth name. His other name, Gustavus Vassa, was given to him by one of his owners.