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His 1789 autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, sold so well that nine editions were published during his life and helped secure passage of the British Slave Trade Act 1807, which abolished the slave trade in Britain.[3] The Interesting Narrative gained renewed popularity among scholars in the late 20th century and remains a useful primary source.
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Olaudah Equiano, whose father was an Ibo boss, was brought into the world in 1745 in what is currently Southern Nigeria. At 11 years old years, Olaudah was
Olaudah Equiano, whose father was an Ibo boss, was brought into the world in 1745 in what is currently Southern Nigeria. At 11 years old years, Olaudah was caught by African slave dealers and sold into servitude in the New World. Equiano, given the name Gustavus Vassa by one of his numerous proprietors, had to serve a few bosses, among them a Virginia estate proprietor, an English Maritime official, and a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shipper. While a captive to the maritime official Equiano went between four landmasses. These worldwide encounters inside the Atlantic Slave Exchange permitted Equiano to deliver the most well-known and clear slave account of his period.
..and I had a great curiosity to talk to the books, as I thought they did; and so to learn how all things had a beginning: for that purpose I have often taken up a book, and have talked to it, and then put my ears to it, when alone, in hopes it would answer me; and I have been very much concerned when I found it remained silent - Olaudah Equiano #coloureddrawing #abstract #mandala #discover #love #peace #instadaily #soul #meditation #nature #inspiration #blackhistory #motivation #olaudah #colouredmandala #zen #equiano #photo #photooftheday #penart #mandalapassion #dots #higherconsciousness #blackisbeautifull #pendrawing #dotwork #gold (at Oxford Brookes University)
Olaudah Equiano. Igbo man. Former slave. Calvinist. Saved by grace.
Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa c.1745-1797
Olaudah Equiano was born in a village in Nigeria. At the age of 11 he was abducted and sold into slavery. He was eventually sold to Michael Pascal, a British Naval Officer, who renamed him Gustavus Vassa. During the Seven Years’ War between Britain and France 1756 -1763, Equiano served as a powder carrier with the Royal Navy.
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Equiano’s story is unique in its inclusion of vivid descriptions of African culture and society before the wrenching onslaught of the white man and the slave trade. At the same time, Equiano does not blind himself to the corruption of those of his countrymen who were lured by the promise of riches from the trafficking in slaves. It is important to emphasize here, underscoring what was already been expressed in the opening quote above, that slavery in Africa before the advent of the slave trade, was altogether more benign than its non-native form. In fact, among certain ethnic groups in African society, there is no distinction between the words ‘prisoner’ and 'slave’, a fact that goes far in articulating the sheer punitive value embodied by slavery in Africa where it was an integral part of the economic and justice systems. Slaves were often prisoners of war or individuals who had committed crimes like adultery; by consistent good conduct in their masters’ households, they could rise through the ranks to become leaders or marry their masters’ daughers. In total opposition to this native form of slavery was the white man’s complete subjugation and isolation of the African slave on the basis of race alone.
The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. (page 4/5)
I have no hesitation in saying that three-fourths of the slaves sent abroad from Africa are the fruit of wars fomented by the avarice of our own race. We stimulate the negro's passions by the introduction of wants and fancies never dreamed of by the simple native, while slavery [in Africa] was an institution of domestic need and custom alone. But what was once a luxury has no ripened into an absolute necessity; so that man, in truth has become the coin of Africa.
Captain Theodore Canot, Adventures of an African Slaver (1854)
When you make men slaves, you deprive them of half their virtue, you set them, in your own conduct, an example of fraud, rapine, and cruelty, and compel them to live with you in a state of war; and yet you complain that they are not honest or faithful!
Olaudah Equiano
