The idea of the slavery was formed in very early stage of the human history and it began as the form of the punishment to the captives. Because the early civilizations didn’t want to keep all of their poisoners too close, in case of more rebellions, they also exchanged their poisoners for goods or human labors. The definition of slavery is based on the individual’s absolute dependence of owner’s wills and throughout Equiano narrative, he clearly indicated the institution of slavery during eighteenth century as well as the different characters and ideas of slavery in variety of regions.
In the eighteenth century, slaves were common among the European colonists and no one challenged about the system. This idea was formed because they believed …show more content…
Although there were some differences among the area and surface way for slavery, the fundamental idea of slavery was same for all the places. Equiano’s life was account in a different aspect of slavery from others. As I mentioned about all the circumstances in Equiano’s narrative, even there were few nice owners, he was still considered an object to his owners and had no rights as an individual person. Just like the institution of slavery during the eighteenth century, the slaves would be total depend on their owners and people didn’t have an idea of freedom during this period. There were also common features among the slavery in all the places Equiano described. First of them was the idea of work, every slave was belonged to his or her owner and had to make more wages then the cost of him or herself for the owner. Second feature was the idea of ubiquity of slavery. Because slaves were common and sold cheaply on the market, owners were treating slaves as objects rather than human being and ignored their basic rights as the circumstances Equiano saw while working for King and Farmer. Slaveholders were also having the idea of no error within the slave trading, because they were just traders and purchased the slaves from the God-given society system in
In the eighteenth century, slaves were common among the European colonists and no one challenged about the system. This idea was formed because they believed …show more content…
Although there were some differences among the area and surface way for slavery, the fundamental idea of slavery was same for all the places. Equiano’s life was account in a different aspect of slavery from others. As I mentioned about all the circumstances in Equiano’s narrative, even there were few nice owners, he was still considered an object to his owners and had no rights as an individual person. Just like the institution of slavery during the eighteenth century, the slaves would be total depend on their owners and people didn’t have an idea of freedom during this period. There were also common features among the slavery in all the places Equiano described. First of them was the idea of work, every slave was belonged to his or her owner and had to make more wages then the cost of him or herself for the owner. Second feature was the idea of ubiquity of slavery. Because slaves were common and sold cheaply on the market, owners were treating slaves as objects rather than human being and ignored their basic rights as the circumstances Equiano saw while working for King and Farmer. Slaveholders were also having the idea of no error within the slave trading, because they were just traders and purchased the slaves from the God-given society system in