Reprint, Boston: Bedford Books, 1995, 57. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Written by Himself. Although it is short, it speaks volumes as to the lengths that some crew members went to assuage the children's fears and sadness. This excerpt is particularly telling of the special treatment many children received while traveling the Middle Passage. His narrative is extremely valuable not only for the wealth of information it presents on children's experiences in the slave trade, but also for those examining the abolitionist movement in England during this period of time. A former sailor and slave, he was a world traveller who bought his. Olaudah Equiano, kidnapped at age 11, became one of the most prominent English abolitionists of the 18th century. Olaudah Equiano Gretchen Gerzina explores the life of the best-known black man in 18th-century Britain, Olaudah Equiano. Until recently, slave studies rarely discussed children's experiences, but it has been estimated that one quarter of the slaves who crossed the Atlantic were children. From the 16th to the 18th centuries, an estimated 20 million Africans crossed the Atlantic to the Americas in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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