Facts about Equiano's life?

• Equiano claimed he was born in Africa, but recent scholarship suggests he was born in South Carolina.

• Equiano was sold to European slave traders, shipped to America and the West Indies, and purchased by a lieutenant, Michael Henry Pascal, in the Royal Navy. Equiano accompanied Pascal on his adventures during the Seven Years' War until he was sold to a Quaker merchant, Robert King.

• Equiano saved enough money to purchase his freedom.

• He traveled the world as a sailor and a steward, and even worked as an overseer on a Jamaica plantation for a time.

• Equiano eventually settled in England, where he married and became involved in the abolitionist movement.

• Equiano was educated and very intelligent.

• He was very religious.