The youngest son of a village leader, Equiano was born among the Ibo people in the kingdom of Benin, along the Niger River. ... Two men and a woman climbed over the walls of the house and captured the children. ... One of the children survived to inherit an estate of around &160,000 from Susanna's father. ...

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