![]() ![]() He served in the Seven Years WarĮquiano spent most of his teenage life onboard Naval ships engaged in the Seven Years War. ![]() It was nonetheless a name he would use for the rest of his life, apart from when writing his autobiography. Pascal renamed him ‘Gustavus Vassa’Įquiano was renamed Gustavus Vassa (after the 16th century Swedish King) by Pascal, against his will. Having been initially taken to Barbados, Equiano was eventually transported to the North American colony of Virginia, where he was bought by a Royal Navy lieutenant named Michael Henry Pascal. He embarked upon a long journey toward the Gold Coast, where he was eventually sold to an owner of a slave ship bound for the West Indies. Equiano was sold into slavery at the age of eleven, having been kidnapped from his local village along with his sister by local, African slave traders. ![]()
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