Emancipation and Identity Section 7 Emancipation and Identity
Frontispiece for The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African (1809). Image © British Library
Joanna Vassa’s tombstone at Abney Park Cemetery Image © Local Roots / Global Routes project
Advert for Reverend Fuller’s sermon at Salem Chapel, Stoke Newington Advert for Reverend Fuller’s sermon at Salem Chapel, Stoke Newington. Image © Hackney Archives .
Emancipation declared in Spanish Town in 1834 Emancipation declared in Spanish Town in 1834. Image pasted into the Autobiography of the Rev. J.J. Fuller of Cameroon, West Africa. Image © Michael Watson
Devonshire Square Baptist Chapel 1905. Image © Hackney Archives.