Suchergebnisse
Suchergebnisse:
Olaudah Equiano (alias Gustavo Vassa oder Gustavus Vassa) (* um 1745 in Essaka bei Igbo, Königreich Benin, heute Nigeria; † 31. März 1797 in Middlesex, England) war ein ehemaliger Sklave, ein Abolitionist, ein Kämpfer für das Verbot des Sklavenhandels und Verfasser einer damals sehr berühmten Autobiographie, die erstmals 1789 ...
Olaudah Equiano (/ ə ˈ l aʊ d ə /; c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), known for most of his life as Gustavus Vassa (/ ˈ v æ s ə /), was a writer and abolitionist. According to his memoir, he was from the village of Essaka in modern southern Nigeria .
Olaudah Equiano (born c. 1745, Essaka [now in Nigeria]?—died March 31, 1797, London, England) was an abolitionist and writer whose autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; or, Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (1789), became the first internationally popular slave narrative.
Olaudah Equiano, c.1789 © Equiano was an African writer whose experiences as a slave prompted him to become involved in the British abolition movement. In his autobiography, Olaudah Equiano...
14. Jan. 2024 · His story serves as a reminder of past atrocities and a rallying call to continue the fight against all forms of modern slavery and injustice. In conclusion, Olaudah Equiano’s life, a symbol of courage, resilience, and the unyielding pursuit of freedom, resonates across centuries.
Summary. The most important and most widely published author of African descent in the English-speaking world of the eighteenth century, Olaudah Equiano founded the genre of the African American slave narrative. Writing in 1913, W. E. B. Du Bois recognized Equiano's autobiography as “the beginning of that long series of personal appeals of ...
25. Feb. 2007 · Olaudah Equiano, whose father was an Ibo chief, was born in 1745 in what is now Southern Nigeria. At the age of 11 years, Olaudah was captured by African slave traders and sold into bondage in the New World. Equiano, given the name Gustavus Vassa by one of his many owners, was forced to serve several masters, among them a
