My Life. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African

Equiano was captured at 10 and sold into slavery, enduring a traumatic journey to Barbados and Virginia. He served an English naval officer during the Seven Years' War and later returned to the West Indies, where he bought his freedom. He joined an Arctic expedition in 1773 and became a Methodist.