Olaudah Equiano: The Unsung Evangelist
Olaudah Equiano is a name of lasting significance in secular historical discussions, English literary circles, and among students of evangelical church history. Yet, his legacy is not nearly as widely known to the Church at large, certainly not to the degree of figures such as Jonathan Edwards or John Newton. This is truly lamentable. Stolen as a boy from the Kingdom of Benin, Equiano was taken to the slave markets in Barbados, and eventually bought by a ship’s captain in Virginia. After amazing and terrifying travels throughout the Atlantic world, he ultimately landed in England where he became a leading...