Ottobah Cugoano
Ottobah Cugoano ( – ), also known as
John Stuart, was a British abolitionist and activist who was born in
West Africa. Born into a
Fante family in
Ajumako, he was sold into slavery at the age of thirteen and shipped to
Grenada in the
West Indies. In 1772, he was purchased by a merchant who took him to England, where Cugoano learned to read and write, and was emancipated. Eventually, he started working for the artists
Richard and
Maria Cosway, becoming acquainted with several promiment British political and cultural figures as a result. He joined the
Sons of Africa, a group of Black
abolitionists in Britain, and died at some point after 1791.
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