BTColumn – Olaudah Equiano Abolitionist and writer was among slaves transported to Barbados
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Olaudah Equiano (1745–1797) was an 18th-century African writer and anti-slavery campaigner. From an early age, Olaudah Equiano experienced the horrors of slavery first-hand. But, eventually one of his masters gave him his freedom. This enabled him to become a British citizen and he began writing about his experiences. His autobiography The Interesting Narrative of the […]
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