# Captain Thomas Farmer — The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano character guide

> Captain Thomas Farmer in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Captain Thomas Farmer

**First appearance:** 0009-vii

## Who they are

A captain who employs Equiano on a voyage to the Arctic.

## In the story

### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_interesting_narrative_of_the_life_of_olaudah_se/chapters/vi)

Commands a Bermudas sloop for Equiano's master, repeatedly requests Equiano as a sailor, and eventually becomes a mentor, teaching him navigation and lending him money to buy a Bible.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_interesting_narrative_of_the_life_of_olaudah_se/chapters/vii)

The captain who supports Equiano, negotiates with Mr. Read, and later falls ill and dies on the passage to Montserrat.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_interesting_narrative_of_the_life_of_olaudah_se/chapters/viii)

Equiano's former captain who has died, leaving Equiano without his great benefactor and friend.

### [Chapter XII: Different Transactions of the Author's Life Till the Present Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_interesting_narrative_of_the_life_of_olaudah_se/chapters/xii)

Capt. Thompson of the Nautilus, who convoyed the Sierra Leone expedition and witnessed abuses.

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