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> Introduction
> Olaudah Equiano
> Dr. Sadaf Farooqi
> Denzel Gordon
> Sir Muhammad Iqbal
> Ms. Mina Jessa
> M Jafar Mirze OBE
> Thandie Newton
> Mrs. Joy Njenje
> Archbishop John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu
> Shean Williams
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Olaudah Equiano is known to few in different parts of the world as the founding father of Britain’s Abolition of the Slave Trade and one of the ‘Sons of Africa’ who was born in the 1700’s, captured at the tender age of 11 from his Igbo Home in Nigeria and enslaved. Like many millions of enslaved Africans, he was transported to the Caribbean and subjected to unimaginable cruelty, before moving unto America and finally to the shores of Britain, where he would later save money to purchase his own freedom. Equiano became one of Britain’s most iconic figures involved in the abolishment of Britain’s slave trade, though many do not know about him and there are many gaps in the recording of this brutal part of our history. Olaudah recounts his gripping experiences in his autobiography entitled.' |
The interesting narrative of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African’ and went on to become a successful entrepreneur spending several years on the road promoting his book in a great attempt to fight for the abolishment of the slave trade. He married Susannah Cullen of Soham, Cambridgeshire in 1789 and they had two daughters Anna Maria and Joanna. Equiano left a fortune of £900.00 following his death in 1797 and this was received by his only survivor Joanna on her 21st birthday.
In honouring Granville Sharp, omas Clarkson and William Wilberforce we have to acknowledge and honour Olaudah Equiano, without whom the realities of the enslaved would not have been documented. Equiano is also listed too as one of the 100 Great Black Britons in 2004. |
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