Olaudah Equiano born in Essaka, in what is now southeastern Nigeria.
Kidnapped and is sold to various masters within Africa. Then endures the Middle Passage to Barbados and to Virginia.
Serves with Pascal in the Royal Navy in the Seven Years’ War with France.
Bought by British Naval Officer Michael Henry Pascal and is renamed (against his will) Gustavus Vassa. Taken to England.
He is resold to Robert King in Montserrat and works on trading ships in the West Indies and on the mainland American colonies.
Is baptized at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, London.
Sails to Italy and Turkey. Slave uprising on Montserrat.
Completing one last mission for his old master, Equiano is shipwrecked in the Bahamas. Sails for London.
Through petty trading on the side, Equiano saves enough money to buy his own freedom.
Granville Sharp gets the Somerset decision, declaring that slavery cannot exist in England and slaves setting foot there are free.
Olaudah Equiano born in Essaka, in what is now southeastern Nigeria.
Kidnapped and is sold to various masters within Africa. Then endures the Middle Passage to Barbados and to Virginia.
Serves with Pascal in the Royal Navy in the Seven Years’ War with France.
Bought by British Naval Officer Michael Henry Pascal and is renamed (against his will) Gustavus Vassa. Taken to England.
He is resold to Robert King in Montserrat and works on trading ships in the West Indies and on the mainland American colonies.
Is baptized at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, London.
Sails to Italy and Turkey. Slave uprising on Montserrat.
Completing one last mission for his old master, Equiano is shipwrecked in the Bahamas. Sails for London.
Through petty trading on the side, Equiano saves enough money to buy his own freedom.
Granville Sharp gets the Somerset decision, declaring that slavery cannot exist in England and slaves setting foot there are free.
