The memoirs of Olaudah Equiano, originally published in 1789, recounts his remarkable Life story.
He was eventually able to buy his freedom and move to London, where he became involved in the abolitionist movement..
Born in 1745 in Igboland, Nigeria, he was kidnapped as a boy and sold into slavery.
The memoirs of Olaudah Equiano, originally published in 1789, recounts his remarkable Life story