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Olaudah Equano sck
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Birth
His exact date of bith is unknown. His year of birth is debated inbetween 1744 and 1745. He was born into a royal African family and his dad was a chief. He was born in modern Nigeria. -
Ben Franklin
The exact date is unknown but it was in June. Ben Franklin demonstrates that lightening is a form of electricity. -
Benjamin Banneker
The exact date of this event is unknown. Benjamin Banneker, an African, constructs the first clock in America. -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian war begins. Olaudah Equiano was in the French and Indian war. -
Obduction
There is no exact date of his capture. He was obducted and sold to European slave traders when he was ten. -
new name
There is debate over which year he was renamed. He was renamed Gustavias Vassa. that means the african in Sweedish. -
English die
Many English die at a French ambush in Fort William Henry NY. -
Brtts win
The Brittish beat the French onthe plains of abrahim at Quebec. -
move
The exact date of his move is unknown. Olaudah Moved from England to Montserrat in the West Indies. -
England wins
France cesedes Canada to Englad Under the Treaty of Paris ending the 7 year war. England wins. -
Sons of liberty
The exact date of the beginning of this group is unknown. The sons of liberty starts. -
Freedom
He was freed by his puritan owner Robert King. His owner gave him two dollers and said he would free Equiano if he paid King 4000 dollars and he did. -
Massacre
The Boston "Masscre" happened and we get closer to the revolutionary war. -
move again
There is no exact date on when Olaudah moved. Equiano tried moved to Tukey but never made it. Instead he joined a project to settle a British coloney in Nicauragua. -
antislavery
The first antislavery sociaty in the Colonies is started in Philidelphia. -
Revolution
The revolutionary war starts between America and England. -
left and captured
There is no exact date of when Olaudah left Nicauragua.Olaudah left the coloney project but he was captured by the ships captian. The captian entended to sell Equiano but he escaped. -
America
There is no exact date on when he whent to America. Olaudah whent to America for the second and last time. In Philidelphia and met an abolitionist group. -
Book Published
There is no exact date of when he published his book. He published his book "The interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano" in 1789. The book was a best seller. It wass a look into the life of a slave. The book is considered the first autobiography by an African slave to be entirely written by that slave. -
married
The exact date of their marrage is unknown. He got married to Suzanna Colins and they had two daughters -
Death
The exact date of death is unknown but we do know that he died in the month of March. Olaudah Equiano died at the age of 62 in London witch is fornally where he lived. The site of his burial is un known.
