The Province of Eboe

Eboe is a small province in Africa where Equiano is born. Equiano describes the primitive culture of Eboe in great detail, and describes his life there as simple but happy before he is stolen away for slavery along with his sister at age eleven.

Royal George

Equiano's master Pascal is assigned to a large military ship called the Royal George, and it is aboard this ship that Equiano participates in the siege on the French stronghold of Louisbourgh.

Montserrat

Equiano is sold to Robert King, a slave owner and trader based out of the island of Montserrat in the West Indies. Equiano spends years in the service of King, trading back and forth between Montserrat and various points in the Caribbean and the New World.

Manumission

One of the happiest events in Equiano's life is when he gets a manumission signed by his master...