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
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Olaudah Equiano - Riding House Street
Born in an African village, he was sold into slavery, first locally, then in ...
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Olaudah Equiano - Riding House Street
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