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1773

Equiano on expedition to find an Arctic passage to India.

1775

Travels to the Mosquito Coast, Central America, with Dr. Irving to establish a plantation and to Christianize the Indian population.

1774

Equiano tries unsuccessfully to save his friend John Annis from a vengeful former master. Annis is tortured to death in the West Indies. Equiano sails for Spain and has a vision of Christ.

1783

Equiano informs abolitionist Granville Sharp of Zong massacre (1781), which adds further emotional reactions to the anti-slave trade movement.

1776

Returns to London. American Declaration of Independence signed.

1784

Equiano sails for New York.

1786

Equiano appointed commissary to Sierra Leone recolonization expedition on the Committee for Relief of Black Poor in London.

1785

Equiano in Philadelphia.

1788

Equiano presents anti slave trade petition to England’s Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. Abolitionists petition British Parliament to end the slave trade.

1787

Dismissed from Sierra Leone expedition. Helps organize Sons of Africa in London. Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade formed in England.

1773

Equiano on expedition to find an Arctic passage to India.

1775

Travels to the Mosquito Coast, Central America, with Dr. Irving to establish a plantation and to Christianize the Indian population.

1774

Equiano tries unsuccessfully to save his friend John Annis from a vengeful former master. Annis is tortured to death in the West Indies. Equiano sails for Spain and has a vision of Christ.

1783

Equiano informs abolitionist Granville Sharp of Zong massacre (1781), which adds further emotional reactions to the anti-slave trade movement.

1776

Returns to London. American Declaration of Independence signed.

1784

Equiano sails for New York.

1786

Equiano appointed commissary to Sierra Leone recolonization expedition on the Committee for Relief of Black Poor in London.

1785

Equiano in Philadelphia.

1788

Equiano presents anti slave trade petition to England’s Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. Abolitionists petition British Parliament to end the slave trade.

1787

Dismissed from Sierra Leone expedition. Helps organize Sons of Africa in London. Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade formed in England.

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