Captured far from the African coast when he was a boy of 11, Olaudah Equiano was sold into slavery, later acquired his freedom, and, in 1789, wrote his widely-read autobiography, The Interesting ...

Thousands of pounds have been put into helping restore a church and have it "thriving once again". St Andrew's Church in ...

Equiano was born in Essaka, a small village in Benin, in 1745. His father was an Embrenche, an elder or chief, and oversaw disputes and punishments. He had five brothers and one sister, and was ...

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The stories of abolitionists such as Olaudah Equiano and Phillis Wheatley will be included, as well as looking at what ...

Nigel Clarke celebrates the life and work of the eighteenth century anti-slavery campaigner Olaudah Equiano, once an enslaved person himself. Hi, I'm Nigel, and I'm a TV presenter. I was born and ...

Using the prominent freed slave, writer and ­activist Olaudah Equiano as a launch pad, Rise Up explores how enslaved people played the ­decisive role in fighting for their freedom. It shows the ...

This was also seen by some as a good way of disposing of a troublesome minority. Olaudah Equiano was appointed commissary of provisions and stores for the emigrant poor going to Sierra Leone.