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In the world's history, Olaudoh Equiano was the first black slave to be free from slavery. this man was captured with his sister at the age of 10 1/2 in Africa he traveled many a places but was not sold as a slave due to his height. he was brought by a British man who was in the navy. he needed more soldiers for the great seven year war with France. after the war he educated Equiano and sold him to a different person for £40. he would give equiano his freedom, if he re payed the £40. during the time it took him to repay he was given higher education. By his early 20s he found his freedom and wrote a auto biography on this terrible travels through the middle passage. he also helped convince English government to abolish the slave trade industry. he was a fantastic man and that is why he is famous ! he was also called Gustavus Vassa

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Olaudah Equiano was a freed slave who was also an abolitionist. He was born sometime in 1345 and died in 1797 around the age of 51. He was known for being a supporter of the movement put forth by the British to end the slave trade.

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His most important work was his autobiography. It became best seller (:

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