Olaudah Equiano’s book, The Life of Olaudah Equiano is a first-hand account of a truly inspiring and eye-opening story about the harsh experiences of being an African slave in the 18th century. Through notes, letters and first hand experiences, Equiano explains his life story of being a slave within twelve chapters. Each chapter of his book contains different parts of his life, describing the tragedies, relationships, horrific conditions while being a slave, and many other experiences within his life. Equiano writes the chapters in chronological order based on how the events occurred in his life. Equiano talks about the various vessels that he boarded throughout his life and the various countries and islands that he visited while enslaved.
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The quote stated by Equiano describes the first time he sees slaves on the ship as a young boy. The quote is a perfect example of how the personal experiences that Equiano writes about throughout his book vividly describe the horrific moments that he had to experience, in order to grab the reader’s attention. Towards the later end of Equiano’s life, when he was living in England, he began to play a role in or support the British movement to end slavery. Equiano decided to write this book in hopes that his observations and life experiences would work to convince the people, especially in England that slavery is wrong. Spirituality played a large role in the Equiano’s life and he believed that because he was so fortunate to earn his freedom from slavery, unlike many slaves that he was graced by God with the option to fight for what is right. Equiano writes his book in twelve chapters and each are in chronological order as they occurred in his life. The first chapter he explains his origin and his …show more content…
During those weeks we learned about the Atlantic System, also known as the Triangle Trade System. The Triangle Trade System was when Europe and Asia sent manufactured goods to Africa, Africa sent slaves to the Americas, and the Americas sent raw materials to Europe and Asia. The Atlantic System fits perfectly with the book because Equiano speaks about traveling to Savannah, Georgia and having to work on plantations and we were explained to in class that Africa sent many slaves to the Americas because of the need for slaves on the plantations. A quote that explains the connection is when Equiano states, “I went with him into this vessel, and we took a load of new slaves for Georgia and Charles Town” (247). The quote stated by Equiano explains how he had to travel to Georgia with the captain because they were bringing new slaves over for the plantation owners in Georgia. Another point in the book where there’s a connection between a lecture learned in class and the book is with the Caribbean plantations. In class, we learned that the Caribbean plantations were the toughest because of the terrible conditions. The slaves were forced to complete hard labor in the scorching sun and many of them died. This connects to Equiano’s writing because he mentions several times throughout the book that he hated traveling to the West. Another way that the
The quote stated by Equiano describes the first time he sees slaves on the ship as a young boy. The quote is a perfect example of how the personal experiences that Equiano writes about throughout his book vividly describe the horrific moments that he had to experience, in order to grab the reader’s attention. Towards the later end of Equiano’s life, when he was living in England, he began to play a role in or support the British movement to end slavery. Equiano decided to write this book in hopes that his observations and life experiences would work to convince the people, especially in England that slavery is wrong. Spirituality played a large role in the Equiano’s life and he believed that because he was so fortunate to earn his freedom from slavery, unlike many slaves that he was graced by God with the option to fight for what is right. Equiano writes his book in twelve chapters and each are in chronological order as they occurred in his life. The first chapter he explains his origin and his …show more content…
During those weeks we learned about the Atlantic System, also known as the Triangle Trade System. The Triangle Trade System was when Europe and Asia sent manufactured goods to Africa, Africa sent slaves to the Americas, and the Americas sent raw materials to Europe and Asia. The Atlantic System fits perfectly with the book because Equiano speaks about traveling to Savannah, Georgia and having to work on plantations and we were explained to in class that Africa sent many slaves to the Americas because of the need for slaves on the plantations. A quote that explains the connection is when Equiano states, “I went with him into this vessel, and we took a load of new slaves for Georgia and Charles Town” (247). The quote stated by Equiano explains how he had to travel to Georgia with the captain because they were bringing new slaves over for the plantation owners in Georgia. Another point in the book where there’s a connection between a lecture learned in class and the book is with the Caribbean plantations. In class, we learned that the Caribbean plantations were the toughest because of the terrible conditions. The slaves were forced to complete hard labor in the scorching sun and many of them died. This connects to Equiano’s writing because he mentions several times throughout the book that he hated traveling to the West. Another way that the