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The paper relates that Olaudah Equiano was born in 1745 in a village east of the Niger River in what is now Nigeria, and he was captured at the age of ten and taken on a slave ship to the West Indies, where he was sold into slavery. The paper notes that Equiano was also known as Gustavus Vassa, the name used in his "Interesting Narrative". The paper explains that the latter autobiographical work is also known as "Equiano's Travels", and those travels were possible because Equiano was slave to a sea captain.

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"Olaudah Equiano was born in 1745 in a village east of the Niger River in what is now Nigeria, and he was captured at the age of ten and taken on a slave ship to the West Indies, where he was sold into slavery. Equiano was also known as Gustavus Vassa, the name used in his "Interesting Narrative". The latter autobiographical work is also known as "Equiano's Travels, and those travels were possible because Equiano was slave to" a sea captain. In the first part of the book, though, he describes life in the West African village where he was born and tells the story of his kidnapping and transportation to Virginia. He also has much to say about the slavery in that state and the way the salves were treated by their masters. He tells..."

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