After Equiano's spiritual realization he began to fight for the Abolition of slavery.
Black people in England began to call themselves "Africans" and Equiano became apart of the
first black lobbying group called "Sons of Africa". Equiano wrote letters to the
press with debates against slavery and he was considered the black speaker of
abolitionists. During this time he decided to write his autobiography and it was the
first time he signed his real name, in all of his newspaper articles and debates
he had signed Gustavus Vassa. When the first edition of a book was published
there was often a list of subscribers who had contributed to the first printing
of the book. Equiano's subscribers included the Prince of Wales, members of
the aristocracy, parliment, churches, and abolitionists. His book was meant
to appeal to as many readers as possible. It included the abolition movement,
adventure, spiritual biography, and a travel book. He also made himself seem
more appealing. The picture in the front of his book features Equiano wearing
an Englishmen's clothing with a Bible in his hands. He wanted to prove that he
was one of them, an Englishman and a human. He used his book to question
how Christian ethics could come into play with such poor treatment of fellow
humans. Equiano became a wealthy man from his book and married a white (Carey)
woman named Susannah Cullen and they had two children. He died in 1797
and ten years after his death in 1807 slavery was abolished in Britain (BBC
Documentary).