Olaudah was born in 1745 and he was the son of Ibo tribal elder. The Ibo’s produced many things such as cotton, tobacco, beans, yams, and pineapples that they by traded and sold the products to buy the other things that they needed such as dried fish and beads, guns, goats, and bullocks. They had the very organized society and the family was considered sacred and very important for them although the family were patriarchal. All family members work together and everyone had a specific task, for instance women take care of the children and made the cloth and foods and also help their husband in the fields. They had lot of fun and celebrations and enjoyed play music, dancing, and poets.
