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Olaudah Equiano

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.

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1740s-1797 abolitionist and writer

Born 1745
Died 1797

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  • Cover of: The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience
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    Cover of edition prenticehalllite00na Cover of edition prenticehalllite00duer Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_y5z1 Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_i1u3 First published in 1999 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

    First published in 2018 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano: The Black History Classic

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  • Cover of: America Concise History 3e V1 & Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

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  • Cover of: American Promise 3e V1 & Reading the American Past 3e V1 & Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano & World Turned Upside Down & Envisioning America

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  • Cover of: American Promise Compact 3e V1 & Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano 2e & Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 2e & Bedford Glossary for U.S. History

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  • Cover of: The Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano
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    First published in 1994 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The life and adventures of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African

    First published in 1829 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Collins Classics)

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  • Cover of: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa

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  • Cover of: Kidnapped Prince: The Life of Olaudah Equiano

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1740s-1797 abolitionist and writer

Born 1745
Died 1797

Subjects

History, Slaves, Biography, Slave trade, Slavery, Blacks, biography, Enslaved persons, Great britain, biography, Juvenile literature, Africa, biography, American Civil War, American literature, Classic Literature, Cold War, Confederacy, Drama, Early works to 1800, Fiction, Fiction, general, Freedmen, Historical drama, Juvenile audience, King Philip's War, Literature, Native Americans

Places

United States, Great Britain, British West Indies, Africa, Alabama, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, England, Mallard residence, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Milford meeting house, Owl Creek Bridge, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, West Indies, America, Benin, Florida, Fountain of Youth, North America

People

Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Brently Mallard, Bridget Bishop, Devil, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs, Giles Corey, God, John Hale, John Hathorne, John Proctor, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Martha Corey, Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis, Mr. Hooper, Peyton Farquhar

Time

18th century, 1692, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 19th century, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, December

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Alternative names

  • Gustavus Vassa
  • OlaudahEquiano

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February 15, 2024 Edited by merge authors
December 13, 2023 Edited by identifiers
December 9, 2023 Edited by merge authors
August 21, 2023 Edited by identifiers
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import