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Slave trade
The first Africans in English America are brought to the Jamestown Colony in Virginia. They had been carried on a Portuguese slave ship sailing from Angola to Veracruz, Mexico. While the Portuguese ship was sailing through the West Indies, it was attacked by a Dutch man-of-war and an English ship out of Jamestown. The two attacking ships captured about 50 enslaved persons—men, women, and children—and brought them to outposts of Jamestown, where more than 20 of the African captives were purchased -
Birth
Olaudah was born in the Eboe province at a village known as Essaka, in the area that is now known as southern Nigeria. According to his autobiography, he was born to the chief of -
Gets on slave ship
Equiano was placed on a slave-ship, with approximately 250 other slaves, which travelled across the horrific Middle Passage. It first arrived at Barbados for two weeks. After, in 1757, the slave-ship arrived at Virginia, an English colony. -
Resale
Pascal then sold Equiano to a ship captain in London James Doran, who took him to Montserrat, where he was again sold to the prominent merchant Robert King. -
Freedom for olaudah equiano
Despite being a slave, he used any commercial opportunities to earn money. He bought his freedom for 40 pounds. He was declared a free man the day after. As a free man, he spent his time doing many things. He travelled around the world to places such as the Arctic, Mediterranean and the Atlantic.