Olaudah Equiano. Portrait of the writer and abolitionist known for most of his life as Gustavus Vassa (c. 1745-1797), derived from an engraving on the frontispiece of his autobiography.

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Olaudah Equiano. Portrait of the writer and abolitionist known for most of his life as Gustavus Vassa (c. 1745-1797) by Daniel Orme in the frontispiece of his autobiography. According to his memoir, Equiano was from the Eboe region of the Kingdom of Benin (today southern Nigeria). Image digitally edited and retouched.

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