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Olaudah Equiano (l. c. 1745-1797, also known as Gustavus Vassa) was an African of the Igbo village of Essaka, of the Kingdom of Benin (modern Nigeria), who was enslaved around the age of ten, bought his freedom around the age of 20, and became...

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah EQUIANO (1745 - 1797) Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Biography & Autobiography Read by: Carl Manchester, roolynninms, J. M. Smallheer, Catherine Fitz, Ezwa, Cori Samuel, Kara...

Olaudah Equiano (l. c. 1745-1797), the abolitionist writer, by the English artist Daniel Orme (l. 1766-1837), frontispiece of Equiano's autobiography (published 1789).

The transatlantic slave trade (also given as the Atlantic slave trade, circa 1492 to 1860) was the practice of enslaving the citizens of African states and transporting them across the Atlantic Ocean to the "New World" of the Americas. Although...

Today we're learning about the Transatlantic Slave Trade, which brought millions of captive Africans to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries, with the largest number of people trafficked between 1700 and 1808. We'll look at the...