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    written by Olaudah Equiano‚ who recounts horrors from his past as a slave in his book‚ “The Life of Olaudah Equiano”. Equiano seeks to remind readers of slaves’ humanity by showcasing the hypocrisy of the dehumanizing treatment of the slaves and by placing an emphasis on families. The degrading treatment of the slaves is obvious from the beginning of Equiano’s story‚ when he and his sister are kidnapped from their home and forced into slavery. When first brought onto the ship Equiano sees other Africans

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    Olaudah Equiano Loyal or not Olaudah Equiano was an African who was born to the Eboe people in 1745 in a place called Essaka. He recalls much of his childhood very vividly. He recalls the system of marriage that they had and how it was very strict because adultery was a severely punishable crime epically for females. He disused how marriages occurred within his people and how the girl’s parents would give her new husband a dowry which is a gift of some sort. He also discussed how they would all

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    When Equiano was on the boat going to Barbados‚ he was terrified of what was going to happen. When Equiano was on the boat leaving his home‚ he realized that he could never return when he wrote‚ “I now saw myself deprived of all chance of returning to my native country‚ or even the least glimpse of hope of gaining the shore” (Equiano 2). As Equiano was being taken onto the ship that was being taken to Barbados‚ he saw that he

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    In Olaudah Equiano’s narrative‚ The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚ the reader is illustrated a slaves life during a six to seven month journey‚ proving the point that slavery is a horrific experience and a bad impact on how society is viewed. The diction Equiano uses specifies the pain that the slaves endured. Equiano also used sensory details to relate to the smells on the ship or relating to the feelings of the chains used on him‚ the heat of the climate and how crowded the

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    restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson” by Mary Rowlandson were the Indians who held her and her daughter captive and sold them as property. While in From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavas Vassa‚ the African‚ Written by Himself the oppressors are the slave traders who sell Equiano to different slave masters. Therefore‚ the oppressors in both narratives

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    the right time? Olaudah Equiano defiantly was not a lucky man at the start of his life‚ he was taken from the African coast from his village when he was a boy at the age of 11. He was then sold into slavery and stayed a slave for about 11 years‚ then through a chance of luck and opportunity and with his driven attitude and intelligence he bought his freedom at age 21. In 1789 Equiano published his widely-read autobiography‚ The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚ which follows his

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    Victoria Daniels American Lit 1 EH 225.104 10/07/2014 Mary Rowlandson vs. Mary Jemison’s And Their Interpretations of the Indians. Mary Rowlandson was a Puritan women living in Lancaster‚ Massachusetts with her husband Joseph‚ and their three children‚ when the Indians captured them. The Indians killed Rowlandson’s sister and her youngest child. In 1758‚ fifteen year old Mary Jemison was captured by a Shawnee and French raiding party that attacked her farm. She was adopted and incorporated into

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    Equiano As I learned about slavery in the past and present I know that slavery is a bad thing and shouldn’t be happening. However it wasn’t until I read the book written by Olaudah Equiano‚ The Interesting Narrative that I learned how slavery really was. Just like before‚ I am against slavery and Equiano has the same opinion which both of ours are the same. Equiano is against slavery because slaves were treated so badly that Equiano in particular would have rather died than become a slave. Also

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    The journey to America could take up to eight weeks. In "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚" Equiano says "the closeness of the place‚ and the heat of the climate‚ added to the number in the ship‚ which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself‚ almost suffocated us. This produced copious perspirations‚ so that the air soon

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    and incompatible in scholarly teachings. In “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚” a reader can easily witness the limitless possibilities of African-Americans‚ most notably

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