Equiano's Argument Against Slavery

As if that wasn’t enough, Equiano has the strongest argument against slavery because he believes it violates the natural rights of mankind of which equality and independence is the first right. He talks about the separation between his sister and him. He states, “Our meeting affected all who saw us; and indeed I must acknowledge; in honour of those fable destroyers of human rights, that never met with any ill treatment, or saw any offered to their slaves, except tying them, when necessary, to keep them from running away” (Equiano, 39) . The separation of the family unit could result in severe health problem of a family member, which could result death in some cases. In the case slavery, the separation of the family was constantly used throughout slavery as a threat to the enslaved people. In chapter five, Equiano talks how he has been traded many of times and is outright sick of it and wants nothing to do with slavery. When he left Montserrat he described his feelings right after he was brought …show more content…
The article ends with a quote he pulls from a different author, which he states, “`black history deserves to be treated with scholarly rigour and care as much as white history does” (Wrenn, 19). This evidence is valid point because considering the history of United States, most of the time what black people do, are always undermine simply because they are black; as a result, they are seeing less knowledgeable compared to their counterpart white people. There is this saying “no matter how good of person you are, there will always people who would try to point out faults in the goodness that you’re doing. Therefore, Carratte might be doing