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Olaudah Equiano (1745 - 1797)

An Autobiography

Pastor Omar Thibeaux

Olaudah Equiano born in 1745 in modern day West Africa and is of the Ibo Tribe. He was kidnapped at age 11 and sold into slavery. He purchased his freedom in 1766. His autobiography was published in 1789; first hand account of the atrocities of the slave trade.