How Did Olaudah Equiano Story Of His Involvement In The Triangle Trade

1. In history classes I took of youth the on discovery of America seems more a takes out the realism of the situation and add a fairytale aspect. The hero which of course is Christopher Columbus sets for a new world to escape religious persecution in England and set sail on three ships and discovered America by accident. He then settled this new land befriend the indigenous population and learned things from each other had a great feast to celebrate and that 's why we celebrate the Thanksgiving. or that he was looking for Asia or he was trying to prove the world was flat. The text of modern economy tells a different a more realistic story of how Columbus suggesting to Spain and and Portugal to sail west to expand their on vacant island and …show more content…
He was kidnapped by his own fellow man to be sold in the white man land and was given no explanation why he even thought they where gonna eat him which his black captors confirmed they weren 't with no further details and told him to cheer up and collected their pay and left which did not appease his anxiety heighten. This is the psychological torture that slave had to endure not knowing your fate is worst than knowing because you can adapt to your situation so the whole across the Atlantic was filled with daunting uncertainty. Olaudah describe the conditions below deck where they kept slaves cramped together had the often had a foul stench that he wished for death but was watched so closely by the European slave traders when the slaves where above deck and if the attempted to jump where beaten without mercy. The journey was such a living hell that the slave had no value for their life they would rather subject themselves to an early watery grave which is an evil all on its on to make a individual think their life has no value for themselves because of the pain you inflicted on them an than force them to keep living the nightmare for your benefit. Even when they arrived to america they where left to contemplate the strange landscapes. Olaudan even goes on to explain the houses and the fact the possessed horses while he was in the merchant yard being prepared to be auction had to be the work of witchcraft. Then to be parade in front of a crowd to have his life be bid on as he describe like he was parcel. the triangle trade show how self centered humans can be and how you don 't consider your own fellow man and basic human empathy in the pursuit of your own greed that someones life is just profit for you and you don 't care about how they