Olaudah Equiano

Slavery in the world is and will always be a very important issue that has an everlasting impact on the world. Slavery can be defined as working for someone against a person’s will. Although, the legalization of slavery is not to be found anywhere in the world, it is a very important thing to know about considering it helped shape this country and other countries as well. Now when people hear slavery, the first thing that comes to the mind is that it only slaves there were, were African American…

The transatlantic slave trade is arguably one the most dreadful criminal acts against mankind that had extended over the course of about four centuries. Where about twelve and a half million African individuals were extracted from their homes to be blindly guided through the road of no return. Men, women, and children were forcibly dragged to the Americas and the Caribbean against their own will, which was achieved through the cooperation of African elites as well as European merchants. African…

During 17th,18th, and 19th century, the West Africans were unwillingly forced to leave their tribal homes in the process of being bought as slaves in the Americas. The Cause of the West Africans involuntary migration was held on the industrial revolution. At the same period, Europe was going under major transformations in their manufacturing standards, with the inventions of new industrial factories that would manufacture goods such as cotton at a fast rate for a lower cost. For Europe, it was…

The Middle Passage was one of the toughest experiences during the transportation of slaves. The conditions were absolutely terrible and the way they were treated was even worse.The Middle Passage was the forced journey of slaves across the Atlantic to the New World. It was also a part of the Triangular Trade where people traded goods such as guns, knives, ammo, cloth, tools, etc. The slaves were stored under the deck and chained to low-lying platforms. The average individual space was 6 feet…

Beginning in the late 15th and 16th centuries, slave trade became quite popular in the slaves’ home country of Africa, where they were strictly imprisoned and horribly mistreated, as represented by the 18th century writings of Mungo Park and Olauda Equiano. Mungo Park was a Scottish explorer who voyaged to Africa’s interior. During his visit, Park witnessed the African slave trade in action. His accounts led him to produce Travels to the Interior Districts of Africa. In his writings Park…

Slave trade came to be an important aspect that built the middle passage. Due to that from this passage African slaves came against their own will to be property of people. Once they arrived into the Americas they were seen as lesser than human beings and built only to serve. African slaves were stripped away from their rights and taken away from their homeland. While in the voyage from Africa to the Americas their treatment was inhumanly and not one of commodities. The middle passage was a…

According to Webster Dictionary racism is “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior” In several of the literary pieces we read during this class, racism and slavery were a main issue. Racism is just as much of an issue in our society today as it has been throughout our nations history and while we have made strides towards equality with the abolishment of slavery, we still have long way to go in the…

the farm wasn’t fun, I started out by wearing a muscle shirt, so I got a bad sunburn and itchy skin. The hay needed stacked and Eric was busy, so I of course had to do it all myself. I honestly felt like the work was comparable to the labors of Olaudah Equiano. This was defiantly a big eye opener because if not for me Eric…

Charles L. Richardson 2/7/2015 American History 114F African newcomers that came to the United States shortly before the 1700’s and 1800’s were a large forced migration. The United States had stop all imports of enslaved Africans in 1807. But between those times it was easily over six hundred thousand people who was bought to North American from Africa or indirectly through the Caribbean. Two hundred thousand of these slaves were bought between 1776 and 1807. The other four hundred thousand…

To many, African Americans were not even seen as people. They were seen as animals, disposable, and property; something that you can buy, sell, and trade. One specific example of slavery is Olaudah Equiano’s story. At the age of 11, Equiano and his sister were taken and traded into slavery. Unlike many stories we have heard about slavery, he spent most of his time on British ships working for the military. While his master on the ship, Henry Pascal, was not a bad…