Olaudah Equiano (l. c. 1745-1797, also known as Gustavus Vassa) was an African of the Igbo village of Essaka, of the Kingdom of Benin (modern Nigeria), who was enslaved around the age of ten, bought his freedom around the age of 20, and became an influential abolitionist and writer in Britain. #History #Abolitionism #OlaudahEquiano #Slavery #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2672-en/