Olaudah Equiano Biography: Life, Slavery, Abolition and Legacy
Olaudah Equiano, also known as Gustavus Vassa, was an African-born writer, sailor, merchant and abolitionist whose life became one of the most important personal accounts of the transatlantic slave trade. His 1789 autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself, brought the experiences of enslavement … Read more