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Olaudah equiano Bord
Olaudah Equiano born in Essaka, in what is now southeastern Nigeria. -
Kidnapped as a kid
Kidnapped and is sold to various masters within Africa. Then endures the Middle Passage to Barbados and to Virginia. -
Bought by british
Bought by British Naval Officer Michael Henry Pascal and is renamed (against his will) Gustavus Vassa. Taken to England. -
Serves with Pascal RN
1756-62 Serves with Pascal in the Royal Navy in the Seven Years' War with France. -
Is baptized
Is baptized at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, London. -
REsold
He is resold to Robert King in Montserrat and works on trading ships in the West Indies and on the mainland American colonies. -
He buys his freedom
Through petty trading on the side, Equiano saves enough money to buy his own freedom. -
Sails for london
Completing one last mission for his old master, Equiano is shipwrecked in
the Bahamas. Sails for London. -
Italy and Turkey
Sails to Italy and Turkey. Slave uprising on Montserrat. -
Granville Sharp
Granville Sharp gets the Somerset decision, declaring that slavery cannot
exist in England and slaves setting foot there are free. -
Expedition
Equiano on expedition to find an Arctic passage to India. -
Unsuccessfully saves friend John Annis
Equiano tries unsuccessfully to save his friend John Annis from a vengeful former master. Annis is tortured to death in the West Indies. Equiano sails for
Spain and has a vision of Christ. -
Travels to Mosquito coast
Travels to the Mosquito Coast, Central America, with Dr. Irving to establish a plantation and to Christianize the Indian population. -
returns to london
Returns to London. American Declaration of Independence signed. -
Abolitionist
Equiano informs abolitionist Granville Sharp of Zong massacre (1781),
which adds further emotional reactions to the anti-slave trade movement. -
Equiano goes to NY
Equiano sails for New York. -
Equiano stays in Philadelphia
Equiano in Philadelphia. -
Equiano becomes Commissary to Sierra Leone
Equiano appointed commissary to Sierra Leone recolonization expedition on the Committee for Relief of Black Poor in London. -
Equiano gets dismissed from the expedition
Dismissed from Sierra Leone expedition. Helps organize Sons of Africa in London. Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade formed in England. -
He presents a anti slave trade petition
Equiano presents anti slave trade petition to England's Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. Abolitionists petition British Parliament to end the slave trade. -
He publishes his Narrative
Equiano publishes his Interesting Narrative. French Revolution begins. -
He prints it in Dutch
The Narrative is printed in Dutch. -
Slave Revolt
Narrative printed in New York. Slave revolt in St. Dominique (Haiti). -
Equiano marries Susan Cullen
Marries Englishwoman Susan Cullen. -
He passes away
Equiano dies in London.