Olaudah Equiano

The birthday of a  prominent African free slave that supported British movement to end slave trade. Olaudah Equiano was born on the 16th of October 1745 and died 31st March 1797. During his lifetime  he was know as Guatavus Vassa. Vassa was a prominent African in London, a freed slave that supported British movement to end slave trade.  In 1789, his autobiography was published and it helped in the creation of the slave trade Act 1807…