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Nigeria
Olaudah Equiano was born in 1475-in (what is today) Algeria. When he was a
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boy, he was kidnapped with his brother. They were gagged and tied and brought
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to the forest, and then separated. During his life as a slave, he was sold 15-times and called 10
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different names. In a book, entitled The Interesting Narrative, he told the story of his life (or his
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autobiography). In this extract, he remembered the moment when he first saw the mountains, the
slave ship, the crew, and the other slaves. He felt ecstatic and terrified: he thought the long-haired
white men were friends. He understood their language. There were a few different black people
chained together on the deck, they looked miserable, frightened and sad. He believed he was going to
die and ran away.