Kupperman, Karen O. (2000). Olaudah Equiano Remembers Her Slavery, 1750s. Major Issues in American Colonial History (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin, 292. This document refers to Equiano's memory of the day he and his sister were kidnapped and sold into slavery. The children usually had a sensor to monitor the kidnappers. That day, two men and a woman entered the house so quickly that Equiano and his sister had no time to react. The document is a useful source for insight into how children were kidnapped while adults worked in the fields. Kupperman, Karen O. (2000). Olaudah Equiano Remembers Her Slavery, 1750s. Major Issues in American Colonial History (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin, 295. This paper. Equiano and King struck a deal that he could win his freedom for forty pounds, the amount King paid for him. Equiano became friends with Thomas Farmer, the captain of the ship, who allowed him to earn the forty pounds through small business. This source is relevant to my research because it establishes the beginning of Equiano's journey as a free man. Olaudah Equiano. (nd). In Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Accessed August 29, 2016 from https://www.britannica.com. This reference tells how Equiano became an active abolitionist by lecturing against the cruelty of British slave owners in Jamaica. He was assigned to the Negro Poor Relief Committee. Equiano expresses his concerns regarding free slaves and their humane treatment. This source is helpful in explaining why Equiano fought for slave rights. Brycchan, Carey (2014). Olaudah Equiano, African or American? 1650-1850. This resource mentions Equiano's arguments against the slave trade and how the trade did not make economic sense. Instead, black people should have been allowed to stay in their own country, they could have increased the population by one hundred percent in fifteen years. A higher population would mean more production and therefore a better economy. This source establishes why Equiano fought for the abolition of slavery in Olaudah Equiano (c.1745-1797), The Christians Who Changed the World. Christian Worldview Journal. Retrieved from http://www.colsoncenter.org. This article describes Equiano's most important experience of his life, his conversion to Christianity, during a trip to Spain. Equiano participated in the creation of a new colony in Central America and the arrival of African slaves. He worked hard to ensure that slaves were treated well in the colony. This movement made him a full-fledged abolitionist. He was almost reduced to slavery, narrowly escaping his captor by canoe. This source looks like a new perspective on why Equiano fought for slave rights. Vincent, Carretta. Equiano the African, Biography of a Self-made Man, 417. This book explains Equiano's success as a best-selling author and the richest black man in the English world. He was so well off that he began lending money to the English. One of the main reasons for his popularity was his autobiography containing a detailed account of his birth and childhood in Nigeria. His story of crossing the Atlantic aboard a slave ship is as singular as it is moving. Along with Thomas Clarkson, William Wilberforce, and Granville Sharpe, Equiano was a major abolitionist who worked to expose the shameful nature of the slave trade. This resource is useful as it describes Equiano's travels across Britain whilst promoting his