An important African involved in the British movement for the abolition of the slave trade. He was enslaved when he was a child but was later able to buy his freedom.
Black British abolitionist and writer (c. 1745 – 1797)
Born
1745
Died
1797
Subjects
HistorySlavesBiographySlave tradeSlaveryBlacks, biographyEnslaved personsGreat britain, biographyJuvenile literaturePersonal narrativesAfrica, biographyAfrican American authorsAmerican Civil WarAmerican literatureAntislavery movementsClassic LiteratureCold WarConfederacyDramaEarly works to 1800FictionFiction, generalFreedmenHistorical dramaJuvenile audience
Places
United StatesGreat BritainBritish West IndiesAfricaAlabamaAndoverBarbadosChinaEastern EuropeEnglandMallard residenceMassachusettsMassachusetts Bay ColonyMilford meeting houseOwl Creek BridgeSalemSalem (Mass.)Soviet UnionWest IndiesAmericaBeninFloridaFountain of YouthNorth America