1745
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.
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.
1745
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.
Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano was born in present-day Nigeria, in a region that was part of the Igbo tribe. He was captured and sold into slavery at a young age, eventually being transported to the Americas where he experienced the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade.
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 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.
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 was sold into slavery in the mid-18th century, around 1756, when he was approximately ten years old. He was taken from Nigeria and eventually brought to the Americas, where he endured the hardships of slavery before eventually purchasing his freedom.
Olaudah Equiano is his birth name. His other name, Gustavus Vassa, was given to him by one of his owners.