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Equiano - Capture

Olaudah Equiano, describes being caputed and enslaved in his autobiography:

One day, when all our people were gone out to their works as usual,...

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and only I and my dear sister were left to mind the house, two men and a woman got over our walls, and in a moment seized us both. My sister and I were separated and I ended up in the hands of a slave dealer who supplied the Atlantic slave ships. Six months later I found myself on board a slave ship.

The interesting life of Olaudah Equiano 1789
Subjects: History, Citizenship
Key Stages: KS2, KS3, KS4, KS4+
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