The interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African Written by Himself

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Olaudah Equiano

“Sometimes by land, sometimes by water, through different countries and various nations, till . . . [he] arrive[s] at the sea coast"

"As a major voice in this movement, Equiano petitioned the Queen of England in 1788. He was appointed to the expedition to settle London's poor Blacks in Sierra Leone, a British colony on the west coast of Africa. Sadly, he did not complete the journey back to his native land.

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Olaudah Equiano writes about his life and the cruelty of slavery. Equiano was born in Nigeria, and as a child he and his sister were kidnapped and sold to slavery, and consequently, he never came back home.He explains that he was sold many times, as he claims in the quote above, and in one of those trades h

e finds his sis

ter, but they are not together for long and soon he is sold again. Later on he became a seaman, when he traveled the world, including Atlantic, Arctic, Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Comin

g to London, he became involved in the abolishment of slavery. He explains that even though many slaves were treated badly, he only felt the real slavery when he was sold to America. Equiano clearl

y points out the differences between African slavery and American slavery.