Olaudah Equiano Quotes

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I believe there are few events in my life which have not happened to many; it is true the incidents of it are numerous, and, did I consider myself an European, I might say my sufferings were great; but when I compare my lot with that of most of my countrymen, I regard myself as a particular favorite of heaven, and acknowledge the mercies of Providence in every occurrence of my life.

Olaudah Equiano

When I recovered a little I found some black people about me…I asked them if we were not to be eaten by those white men with horrible looks, red faces, and loose hair.

Olaudah Equiano

Is not the slave trade entirely at war with the heart of man? And surely that which is begun by breaking down the barriers of virtue, involves in its continuance destruction to every principle, and buries all sentiments in ruin!

Olaudah Equiano

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.

Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano

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Born: 1745

Died: March 31, 1797 (aged 52)

Bio: Olaudah Equiano, known in his lifetime as Gustavus Vassa, was a prominent African in London, a freed slave who supported the British movement to end the slave trade.

Known for:

Interesting Narrative and Other Writings (1789)
Sold as a Slave
Kidnapped Prince
Equiano's Travels

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