UK Churches Honor Abolitionist Olaudah Equiano

UK Churches Honor Abolitionist Olaudah Equiano
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Two churches in Cambridgeshire, located in Soham and St Andrew’s in Chesterton, commemorated the prominent 18th-century abolitionist Olaudah Equiano as part of Black History Month.

Equiano was kidnapped from his home in Nigeria as a child and sold into slavery. After eventually purchasing his own freedom, he published his influential memoirs, sharing his experiences of life in bondage and his fight for liberty with a global audience.

According to the BBC, a play based on his life was performed for students during the commemoration to narrate his journey of resistance against oppression and his lifelong pursuit of social justice. Equiano remains a powerful symbol of the effort to abolish slavery and advance human rights in Britain.