<em>He was a well known African who lives in London, a freed slave, supported the British movement to end the slave trade.</em>
Explanation:
<em>Equiano's main aim was to go against the pro-slavery propaganda. </em>
<em>His narratives of slavery did the job of encouraging humanity by presenting before people the bad treatment handed to the slaves.</em>
<em>He also wanted to provide real facts to those with anti-abolitionist views that the black race have full humanity, with potential Christianity. He wanted to show people his emancipation from slavery to freedom. He wanted to know of his life story.</em>
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