Born 1745, died 1797. The youngest son of a village leader in the African kingdom of Benin, Olaudah Equiano was abducted at the age of 11 and sold into slavery. He eventually achieved his freedom and spoke out against the British slave trade. In 1789, wrote his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Show less «