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1797 - Death of Olaudah Equiano, Author and Abolitionist

Olaudah Equiano, a formerly enslaved African who became a prominent abolitionist and author, died in London. His autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, was a landmark work that exposed the horrors of slavery and influenced the abolitionist movement in Britain. Though he longed to return to Africa, he died without ever seeing his homeland again.

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