Equiano's neighbour et al. in Haymarket, London - between September, 1767 and February, 1768
from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African by Olaudah Equiano, vols 1 and 2, pages Ch. 9, para. 3:
[The Miss Guerins] asked me what business I should like to learn? I said, hair-dressing. They […] recommended me to a gentleman whom I had known before, one Capt. O'Hara, who treated me with much kindness, and procured me a master, a hair-dresser, in Coventry-court, Haymarket, with whom he placed me. I was with this man from September till the February following. In that time we had a neighbour in the same court who taught the French … more >>
Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African by Olaudah Equiano, vols 1 and 2, volume 1 and 2 (London, 1789), p. Ch. 9, para. 3. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1655977328565 accessed: 21 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| learning and practicing the French horn | performed by Olaudah Equiano |
| unspecified French horn music | performed by Equiano's neighbour |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | between September, 1767 and February, 1768 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors, solitary |
Notes
The Miss Guerins, cousins of British Naval officer Michael Henry Pascal who bought Equiano in 1756, had taken interest in Equiano at that time, helping him to learn English. He sought out the women on his return to London from Montseratt.