Equianos tone in the beginning of the passage was different from his tone by the end of the passage. From being too cheerful when talking about his childhood until age eleven to the misery he experienced on his journey through slavery. Mos of the tones he used was gloomy, depressing, and sometimes hopeful. I feel that his intended audience was to the government for a plea or to show the treatment of the slaves. How horrible and mistreated the humans were. What most shocked me in watching the video and reading the passage was how the slaves were treated like animals or just as objects. When reading the passage, it was shocking to learn that people would just come into their villages and just steal children while the parents were out hunting
