Image Title:
Olaudah Equiano, aka Gustavus Vassa (c. 1745 – 1797)

Note:
". . . was a writer and abolitionist from Ihiala, according to his memoir; it is in Igbo region of what is today southeastern Nigeria. Enslaved as a child, he was taken to the Anglo-Caribbean, British West Indies, and sold as a slave to a captain in the Royal Navy. Later he was sold to a Quaker trader. Eventually, he purchased his freedom in 1766 by intelligent trading and careful savings." Read More and also click on a letter:  A  |  B

Image Source:
Wikipedia

Subject:
Slavery - Ex-Slaves - Africa - Freed - Abolitionist - Nigeria

Date:
1789

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-SLAVHF-17

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