Equiano's early experiences as a slave were not all disagreeable; some families treated Equiano almost as a part of the family. The kind treatment, however, was about to end.

Equiano’s story is famously documented in the 1789 book he self-published, “The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African, as Published by Himself.” ...

Freed slave whose autobiography brought horror at the heart of empire to the attention of millions was born 272 years ago today ...

OUR ROOTS – Equiano Olaudah. Olaudah Equiano was a remarkable person in British history.He was snatched from his home, country and culture in West Africa at the age of eleven and not only did he ...

His memoir, “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano,” was an instant success, going through nine editions. To this day, Equiano’s work shimmers as a literary masterpiece ...

Key Stage 1 History. Black British History. A short film for pupils aged 5 to 7 years old about Olaudah Equiano, the eighteenth century anti-slavery campaigner. BBC Teach.

An 18th-Century Family, Joy Labinjo, 2022 Joe Giddens / PA Images via Getty Images In 1789, Olaudah Equiano published a memoir titled The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; or ...

The story of abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, portrayed here with his family by Joy Labinjo, is among those highlighted in Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition The often-forgotten contributions ...

Olaudah Equiano died in 1797, a decade before the Slave Trade Act began the process of outlawing slavery. He was buried in nearby Whitfield Gardens, that small patch of open land immediately north ...

Olaudah Equiano earned enough to buy his way out of slavery and became a leading abolitionist A river bridge in Cambridge has been renamed after an African anti-slavery activist Olaudah Equiano in ...

Equiano's early experiences as a slave were not all disagreeable; some families treated Equiano almost as a part of the family. The kind treatment, however, was about to end.