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.
Bought by British Naval Officer Michael Henry Pascal and is renamed (against his will) Gustavus Vassa. Taken to England.
Serves with Pascal in the Royal Navy in the Seven Years’ War with France.
Is baptized at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, London.
He is resold to Robert King in Montserrat and works on trading ships in the West Indies and on the mainland American colonies.
Through petty trading on the side, Equiano saves enough money to buy his own freedom.
Completing one last mission for his old master, Equiano is shipwrecked in the Bahamas. Sails for London.
Sails to Italy and Turkey. Slave uprising on Montserrat.
Equiano on expedition to find an Arctic passage to India.
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.
Bought by British Naval Officer Michael Henry Pascal and is renamed (against his will) Gustavus Vassa. Taken to England.
Serves with Pascal in the Royal Navy in the Seven Years’ War with France.
Is baptized at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, London.
He is resold to Robert King in Montserrat and works on trading ships in the West Indies and on the mainland American colonies.
Through petty trading on the side, Equiano saves enough money to buy his own freedom.
Completing one last mission for his old master, Equiano is shipwrecked in the Bahamas. Sails for London.
Sails to Italy and Turkey. Slave uprising on Montserrat.
Equiano on expedition to find an Arctic passage to India.
