Biography · Abolition

Ottobah Cugoano

c. 1757–after 1791

Ghana / United Kingdom

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Biography

After surviving enslavement, Cugoano published a forceful argument demanding the immediate abolition of slavery.

c. 1822–1913

c. 1818–1895

c. 1797–1883