# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Olaudah Equiano: Formerly Enslaved Pioneer of Abolition
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: As a child, Olaudah Equiano was kidnapped and sold to slave traders. As an adult, he purchased his freedom, became a pioneer of the abolitionist cause and published a memoir. Join Dr. Eric M. Washington, Director of African and African Diaspora Studies at Calvin University, as he shares Equiano's story and how his life and work helped shape the abolition movement in England.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/grand-rapids/olaudah-equiano-formerly-enslaved-pioneer-of-abolition/200029465790013
- **Event Categories**: nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 17

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029465790013?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=grand+rapids-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Grand Rapids
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2650 5 Mile Rd NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United States, Michigan 49525
- **lat**: 43.04222
- **long**: -85.60348
- **full address**: 2650 5 Mile Rd NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United States, Michigan 49525

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Plainfield Township Branch - KDL (https://allevents.in/org/plainfield-township-branch-kdl/25989806)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 03 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 2650 5 Mile Rd NE, Grand Rapids, MI, United States, Michigan 49525
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Plainfield Township Branch - KDL
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Olaudah Equiano: Formerly Enslaved Pioneer of Abolition ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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