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1745 – 1797Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797)Died 31 March 1797, aged about 52Equiano was a West African-born writer and abolitionist whose autobiography, "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano," detailed his enslavement and later freedom, becoming a powerful tool for the British abolitionist movement. He settled in England and campaigned alongside other abolitionists against the slave trade. His early life and exact birthplace remain debated by historians.