Olaudah Equiano

protestations about the inequality of women and minorities did not abate

sold to British slavers in 1756

-transported first to the Barbadoes in the West Indies
-then to a plantation in Virginia

former slave who eventually purchased his own freedom

attacked slavery, arguing that the institution was antithetical to Christianity

"Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African" was published in London in 1789

-text used here is taken from the 1st edition

-published in two volumes for the author in London in 1789
-original paragraphing has been altered to facilitate reading

No black voice before Frederick Douglass spoke so movingly to American readers about inhumanity

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