Equiano retells the transition from the familial conditions of slavery from Africa to the brutalities of the slave ships during the Middle Passage‚ and not only did he incite sympathy from his audience‚ he uses the British’s own beliefs to demonstrate his achievement to moral superiority. Equiano’s description of the brutality in the Middle Passage portrayed the severe reality of the slave trade to his once blind eyed audience as it displays true feelings of terror‚ separation‚ and dread. Equiano
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In the late 18th century‚ the slave trade became a cornerstone within the British economy‚ making the enslavement and brutalization of African people worsen as a result. Merchants and slave traders would abduct and sell African people‚ ripping them away from their families and country‚ and stacked them into highly compacted and confining ships‚ where they would be neglected of food and proper hygiene. Slaves were on the verge of death throughout their overseas journey‚ and some even attempted suicide
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understanding of natural law that encompassed freedom‚ social equality‚ and the value of mankind. However‚ while Europe was taking momentous steps forward in thinking‚ the practice of slavery was also gaining popularity. In his narrative‚ Travels‚ Oluadah Equiano‚ born in the West African Kingdom of Benin‚ details to a European crowd the events of his capture and enslavement at the age of eleven. In an attempt to persuade them of its evils‚ Equiano’s account draws upon the hypocrisy of European ideals of enlightenment
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After Equiano gets kidnapped with his sister‚ overtime the two get separated. Equiano becomes the slave companion to Michael Henry Pascal‚ a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Pascal kept Vassa as company to keep‚ towards his naval endeavors during the Seven Years’ War. During their sailing journey Vassa
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described by a slave who observed a “sickness among the slaves‚ of which many died” stemming from the dense packing of people and subsequent odors (Document #2). In fact‚ Equiano recounts the preference of death to captivity aboard slave ships‚ as two sick slaves drowned themselves rather than maintain their status. The only solace Equiano experiences stems from seeing land and realizing a temporary relief from
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(Smith 5). These Colonial period authors such as; Equiano‚ Phillis Wheatley‚ and Jupiter Hammon through literature wrote about their experiences‚ daily life‚ and struggle with freedom. By sharing these views through literature‚ the authors of the colonial period were able to record history and lead others closer to equality and social justice for all black Americans. Being born in Africa and transported on a slave ship to the Americas‚ Olaudah Equiano was the author of one of the first ever black
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Cited: Douglass‚ Frederick.The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Boston: McGraw-Hill‚ 2001.print. Equiano‚ Olaudah.The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Oloudah Equiano‚ or Gustavus Vassa‚ The African.London: Oloudah Equiano‚ 1794.print. Jacobs‚ Harriet.Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.NewYork: McGraw-Hill‚ 2007.print. Stowe‚ Beecher‚ H.Uncle Tom’s Cabin.California: Dent‚ 1852.print.
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The treatment enslaved Africans went through during the Middle Passage were unbearable because they were treated unfairly. The Middle Passage was the voyage of the enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas. The image provided supplies an idea of how tightly packed the Africans were on a ship during the Middle Passage. The Africans were treated like suitcases because the suitcases just get thrown into the cargo hold without having the people caring about the individual suitcase. This relates
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other countries for work labor because they stand the weather and bare the hardworking while Europeans could not . Olaudah Equiano said in his document " When I looked round the ship too and saw a large furnace or cooper boiling‚ and a multitude of black of every description chained together‚ every sorrow" (Olaudah Equiano‚ The interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano‚ P. 701). Based on this document‚ slave’s journey to other countries were awfully bad. For example‚ the ship that they were
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of Texts (Cambridge University Press‚ 1957) .p.73 [2] SparkNotes Editors [3] SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Presocratics.” SparkNotes LLC. n.d.. http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/presocratics/ (accessed October 23‚ 2009). [4] Kathleen Freeman The Pre-Socratic Philosophers A Companion to Diels‚ “Fragmante der Vorsackratiker” (Oxford Basil Blackwell 1946) [5] SparkNotes Editors [6] SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Presocratics.” SparkNotes LLC. n.d.. http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/presocratics/
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