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Ottobah Cugoano
British abolitionist and activist (1757–1791)
Ottobah Cugoano | |
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Cugoano, 1784, by Richard Cosway | |
| Born | c.1757 (1757) Ajumako, West Africa |
| Died | c.1791 (aged 33–34) |
| Other names | John Stuart Quobna Ottobah Cugoano |
| Occupation(s) | Abolitionist and political activist |
| Notable work | Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species (1787) |
Ottobah Cugoano (c. 1757 – c. 1791), 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