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A Memoir of Enslavement Reveals the Meaning of Freedom
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A Memoir of Enslavement Reveals the Meaning of Freedom

A 1789 book sparked abolitionist sentiment by describing the brutality of the slave trade. But today the story tells us so much more than that.

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Omer Aziz
Feb 27, 2024
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An image of Olaudah Equiano featured in the frontispiece of his memoir.

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