Olaudah Equiano
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
OLAUDAH EQUIANO
- Who-African American born in west Africa.
- What-he was kidnapped and taken into slave labor and war until he bought
- His own Freedom
- When-1745-1797
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OLAUDAH EQUIANO
- Where-born in west Africa, he was taken to a slave ship and traded many times
- Until he ended in England with his wife.
- Why-slavery was really big in the 1700s, he gained his freedom by buying his
- Freedom and living and working on his own.
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4 FACTS
- He was eleven years old when he and his sister were kidnapped.
- Equiano served during the 'seven years war' between France and England.
- He bought his freedom in 1766 from a Quaker merchant.
- He worked as a barber and a musician in England when he was free.
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OPINIONS ON THE FOUR FACTS
- Fact 1- why should a kid be taken if they don't work for themselves?
- Fact 2- did he serve the whole seven years? And why would a slave serve,
- Wouldn't they just try to run away?
- Fact 3- why should a man have to buy himself from another man?
- Fact 4- did the previous slave, now own slaves or did e work for another man?
