Olaudah Equiano green plaque


Connection to This Location
# Olaudah Equiano at 73 Riding House Street At 73 Riding House Street in 1789, Olaudah Equiano transformed a modest London address into the birthplace of one of history's most consequential works—his groundbreaking autobiography, *The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavu...
Location
73 Riding House Street, Paddington
Inscription
Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) "The African" lived and published here in 1789 his autobiography on suffering the barbarity of slavery, which paved the way for its abolition