Look man, if you keep on trying to tell me that “everyone accepted slavery” in, say, the late 18th century, what you’re telling me is that you’ve never read much of anything in particular about the politics of slavery in the late 18th century. And also, apparently, that it hasn’t quite occurred to you that black people had opinions in the late 18th century, not just wealthy white dudes. #JustSayin
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Olaudah Equiano – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 31 March 1797),[3] known in his lifetime as Gustavus Vassa (/ˈvæsə/),[4] was a prominent African in London, a freed slave who supported the British movement to end the slave trade. His autobiography, published in 1789 and attracting wide attention, was considered highly in…
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