
Black Georgian England
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Alada Equiano
Lodo acquiano was a world traveller who bought his own freedom at an early age. He then used his profits from trading in the caribbean to move to london and become a musician. There's recently been some controversy over aquiana's description of his early life in his book, and whether this was his own memory or a black back story constructed by other people. And heis also quite renowned for a portrait that we can show you. It's been the source of some recent controversy as well.
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