Olaudah Equiano was born in western Africa. When he was a boy he was by slave traders and put on a ship that to America. The trip was not very pleasant because hundreds of were kept on the deck of the ship. Many of them died.When the slave ship reached Barbados the slaves were to Americans but nobody wanted to buy Equiano because he was still a boy.

Olaudah sailed on to Virginia where a British lieutenant became his new . He sent him to England where he went to school and learned to become a . It was like to him. When Olaudah came back to America he was sold to another owner, a from New England. He was put to work on a slave ship . Olaudah wanted to be free again so started objects. He saved about 40 pounds and bought his freedom.

One day a ship's captain wanted to make him a slave again . He had him tied up to the of a ship. Finally he was set free and back to England. There he wrote a book about his life and spoke in public against .