Equiano was born in Essaka, a small village in Benin, in 1745. His father was an Embrenche, an elder or chief, and oversaw disputes and punishments. He had five brothers and one sister, and was ...

click image for close-up This portrait of Olaudah Equiano was used as the frontispiece (illustration opposite a book's title page) of his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of ...

including writing a book about his life. It helped people to understand how terrible slavery was and help bring it to an end. This film covers Olaudah Equiano's early life as an enslaved person ...