1789 ⟶ Publication of Olaudah Equiano's Autobiography

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by ...
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✍️ Publication of Olaudah Equiano's Autobiography

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano⟶
Publication of Olaudah Equiano's Autobiography (1789)
SlaveryTransatlantic Slave TradeAbolitionismBritish EmpireAfrican DiasporaHuman Rights
United KingdomUnited KingdomNigeriaNigeriaUnited StatesUnited States

📜 Publication of Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man"

Rights of Man by Thomas Paine⟶
Publication of Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man" (1791)
EnlightenmentPolitical PhilosophyAmerican RevolutionFrench RevolutionDemocracyHuman RightsRevolutionSocial ReformRepublicanism
United KingdomUnited KingdomFranceFranceUnited StatesUnited States

✍️ Publication of Lyrical Ballads

Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge⟶
Publication of Lyrical Ballads (1798)
RomanticismPoetryLiteratureEnglish Literature
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

⚖️ Britain and the United States Criminalize the Slave Trade

Britain and the United States separately make the Slave Trade a criminal act.⟶
Britain and the United States Criminalize the Slave Trade (1807)
SlaveryAbolitionTransatlantic Slave TradeLegislationHuman Rights
United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited States

✍️ Publication of *A Christmas Carol* and *The Tell-Tale Heart*

Short stories A Christmas Carol and The Tell-Tale Heart published.⟶
Publication of *A Christmas Carol* and *The Tell-Tale Heart* (1843)
LiteratureFictionWriting
United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited States

📖 Solomon Northup's Memoir 'Twelve Years a Slave' Published

Twelve Years a Slave is a memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson.⟶
Solomon Northup's Memoir 'Twelve Years a Slave' Published (1853)
SlaveryAmerican HistoryCivil WarLiteratureSocial CommentaryAbolitionism
United StatesUnited States