Olaudah Equiano (1745 - 1797), 'The African', lived and published here in 1789 his autobiography on suffering the barbarity of slavery, which paved the way for its abolition.
City of Westminster
W1, Riding House Street, 67-73
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Olaudah Equiano - Riding House Street
Born in an African village, he was sold into slavery, first locally, then in ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Olaudah Equiano - Riding House Street
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
Strummer lived here in a squat with the band, the 101ers, named after a previous squat they'd occupied at 101 Walterton Road, W9.
Near this place on July 29th 1921 George Lansbury led the people and councillors of Poplar on their march to the high court for the equal...
The smaller plaque is between the two posts on the right of the photograph.
The plaques are around the station forecourt, either on frames or laid into the pavement. The gold lettering on the marble effect on the ...
The plaque would be more accurate were it placed at number 38 which was the house destroyed by the bomb. In 1950 numbers 35-38 were later...
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