Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano was an 18th-century African who was kidnapped as a young boy and sold into slavery. He endured the brutal Middle Passage to America and spent years as a enslaved person. Later, he bought his freedom and became an active abolitionist, using his experiences to speak out against the inhumanity of slavery. Equiano also wrote an influential autobiography that helped raise awareness about the cruelty of the slave trade and contributed to the movement to end slavery worldwide. His life is a powerful example of resilience and the fight for human rights.