VelEx Politics31 MAR 1797 | Olaudah Equiano died | Great Britain
#OnThisDay #PoliticalHistory #OlaudahEquiano #Abolition #Slavery
Graham WardMore on this commemorative event https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/10/29/rediscovering-anna-maria-vassas-grave/ #Equiano #OlaudahEquiano #AnnaMariaVassa #Vassa
Rediscovering Anna Maria Vassa’s Grave - Cambridge University Museums
We have always known that Anna Maria, the eldest daughter of Black British abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, died on 31 July 1797 and was buried in Chesterton. However, the exact site of her grave had long been forgotten. This Black History Month blog is the story of our rediscovery of Anna Maria’s grave. This discovery builds This blog for Black History Month 2025 tells the story of the recent re-discovery of the grave of Anna Maria Vassa, eldest daughter of Olaudah Equiano, Britain’s most important Black Abolitionist.
kriykatChris Hedges Report: How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/08/chris-hedges-report-how-paradise-lost-revolutionized-the-world/
Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few pieces of literature that remain as prescient and…
#Politics #Books #Commentary #Poetry #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AlexanderHerzen #AndrewMarvell #C.l.r.James #Chartists #Christianity #Democracy #EnglishCivilWar #EnglishRepublic #HannahArendt #JohnMilton #Levellers #MalcolmX #MccarranAct #Mccarthyism #Mirabeau #Monarchy #NewTestament #OlaudahEquiano #OliverCromwell #OrlandoReade #ParadiseLost #PercyShelley #Restoration #Revolution #SamuelJohnson #TheChrisHedgesReport #ThomasJefferson #VirginiaWolff #WilliamBlake
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/08/chris-hedges-report-how-paradise-lost-revolutionized-the-world/
Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few pieces of literature that remain as prescient and…
#Politics #Books #Commentary #Poetry #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AlexanderHerzen #AndrewMarvell #C.l.r.James #Chartists #Christianity #Democracy #EnglishCivilWar #EnglishRepublic #HannahArendt #JohnMilton #Levellers #MalcolmX #MccarranAct #Mccarthyism #Mirabeau #Monarchy #NewTestament #OlaudahEquiano #OliverCromwell #OrlandoReade #ParadiseLost #PercyShelley #Restoration #Revolution #SamuelJohnson #TheChrisHedgesReport #ThomasJefferson #VirginiaWolff #WilliamBlake
Chris Hedges Report: How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World
Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton's 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few pieces of literature that remain as prescient and relevant throughout history
World History EncyclopediaOlaudah Equiano (l. c. 1745-1797, also known as Gustavus Vassa) was an African of the Igbo village of Essaka, of the Kingdom of Benin (modern Nigeria), who was enslaved around the age of ten, bought his freedom around the age of 20, and became an influential abolitionist and writer in Britain. #History #Abolitionism #OlaudahEquiano #Slavery #USHistory #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-2672-en/
#OTD unveiling a new memorial with Arthur Torrington, CBE commemorating Olaudah Equiano the freed slave at American International Church, Tottenham Court Road, London #OlaudahEquiano #Equiano #WindrushFoundation https://edintone.com/olaudah-equiano/
From the #Equiano Society "A Fresh Look at the Life of Ignatius Sancho" FREE and Online https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-fresh-look-at-the-life-of-ignatius-sancho-the-equiano-society-tickets-759198281497 20 Nov 2023 7.30-9.00 pm GMT #CharlesIgnatiusSancho #OlaudahEquiano
The Virtual Memories ShowHere's the #postcard, and here's more about the pictured author, #OlaudahEquiano https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaudah_Equiano
kilombavitahttps://archive.org/details/equianoandtheigbo
Olaudah Equiano And The Igbo World: History, Society, and Atlantic Diaspora Connections by Chima J. Korieh; Emmanuel N. Obiechina; Maureen N. Eke; Catherine Obianuju Acholonu; Dorothy Chinwe Okaegbu; Ogbo Ugwuanyi; Elizabeth Odachi Onogwu; Raphael Chijioke Njoke; Ogbu U. Kalu; J. Akuma Kalu-Njoku; Felix K. Ekechi; Adiele Afigbo; John N. Oriji; Douglas B. Chambers; Hannah N. Eby Chukwu; Daniel Kloza; Ron Milland
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#OlaudahEquiano, #Igbo, #BightofBiafra, #WestAfrica, #blackchattelslavery, #slavetrade, #imperialism, #colonialism, #britishcolonialism, #Nigeria, #christianity, #gender, #IgboStudies
Olaudah Equiano And The Igbo World: History, Society, and Atlantic Diaspora Connections : Chima J. Korieh : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
“Olaudah Equiano and the Igbo World examines aspects of the history, society and Atlantic Diaspora connection of the Igbo people of the Bight of Biafra...