118:) but Osifekunde didn't take the offer and according to P.C. Lloyd "preferred servitude under his former master in Brazil, where he could be with his own son". There are no accounts of Osifekunde after his chance encounter with Pascal d'Avezac-Macaya. Seemingly frustrated by the transient nature of his encounter with Osifekunde, Pascal d'Avezac-Macay wrote:
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111:, who had a keen interest in Africa. Pascal d'Avesac-Macaya interviewed Osifekunde (in pidgin Portuguese since Osifekunde spoke little or no French at the time) for weeks and Osifekunde's recollection of Ijebu Ode and Lagos (published by Pascal d'Avezac-Macay in 1845) became an important addition to European knowledge of the Guinea Coast.
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in about 1795. His father was Adde Sonlou, an Ijebu warrior who fled Makun as a result of a skirmish resulting in the death of another warrior. In addition to time in Epe as a result of his father Sonlou's asylum, Osifekunde spent time in the
Kingdom of Benin. Osifekunde's grandfather was Ochi-Wo who
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Osifekunde of Ijebu. In Curtin. Africa remembered; narratives by West
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Osifekunde to answer my questions, and I can only offer the results of our long and often fruitless conversations.
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Osifekunde was forcibly transferred to
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
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99:, he accompanied his master (one Mr. Navarre) to
1520:List of last surviving American enslaved people
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38:man whose documented narrative, as a victim of
1110:Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
148:. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 32–33.
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1046:My Bondage and My Freedom
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1014:American Slavery as It Is
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