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    place. A place where the power lay in the hands of not monarchs‚ but everyday people. This provided for other groups that had long been overlooked and misused to look to find equality in their own respective revolutions. Such was the case for Olaudah Equiano‚ an african man originally from what is today considered to be modern day Nigeria‚ who was taken from his homeland at the age of 10 and forced into slavery. He was able to save up enough money to purchase his own freedom and moved around for a

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    Equiano’s story is a complex one. his character has many conflicting views on the differences between whites and blacks. Slavery being native to his homeland his story becomes more of a distinction between countries than race. Equiano’s story brings greater insight into the complexities of the slave trade that accost our beliefs on slavery. The narrative converges a multitude of meanings about blacks and whites‚ while it is considered to be an abolitionist text his words and actions divulge from

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    Native Americans‚ and Olaudah Equiano‚ an African captured by white slave traders. Both had to adjust to an unfamiliar environment during their captivities‚ but in terms of religion‚ Rowlandson maintained and had her Christian beliefs reinforced during her captivity‚ while Equiano adopted the religious beliefs of his captors. Their experiences show how English religion and culture in particular came to dominate many others in the Atlantic World. Both Rowlandson and Equiano had their own original

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    Two Sides of Man Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Paine dispute the belief that Britain is more civilized than the countries it has colonized. Equiano is able to subtly assert his argument by disguising himself as “an unlettered African” who is a “most obedient‚ And devoted humble Servant” to Britain‚ but actually views himself and his culture as equivalently or exceedingly superior to that of the Britain society (Equiano v). In his autobiography‚ The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789)‚ he strategically

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    While reading about Equiano Olaudah and what he had been through really helped me understand how strong and smart he was‚ and in the end he represented Africans and make them proud because back then I’m sure it was hard for Africans to show people/whites who they are and what they are capable of‚ and Equiano showed people that Africans are more than just slaves. He represented Africans by his desire for freedom while he was in slavery‚ also his desire to educate himself while he was in slavery‚ another

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    Candide and The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano point out different roles of religious convictions about violent evil. By the time Voltaire wrote Candide‚ he was no longer a Christian‚ because he believed there was not a rational basis for the Christian belief in God at work in the world. Whereas‚ Equiano’s experience of slavery brought him to Christianity‚ which helped him make sense of how God could redeem an evil act such as slavery. After reading the short stories the reader

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    Gustav Vassa Plot Summary Gustavus Vassas was born Olaudah Equiano in the African province called Essaka in 1745. He was the youngest son of seven surviving children and was very close to his mother. He describes a happy childhood during which he learned - as all his people did - to work hard. He is kidnapped and taken as a slave while still very young and soon finds that he has a talent for the sea and for trading. By being very frugal‚ he is able to save enough to buy his freedom after only

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    reader through the writing. Writers like Olaudah Equiano used all three modes to write a strong rhetoric writing. Olaudah Equiano uses these strategies in his Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano to create an argument against slavery and the slave trade. He represents

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    The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano presented English identity as the epitome of modernity‚ and the mark of cultural maturity. Rather than being a set racial or national identity Equiano portrayed englishness as an achievable goal‚ even for a racially black man. The Narrative intentionally depicted Equiano’s transformation from African boy to Englishman a positive change. Through the portrayal of his life as a struggle to become an Englishman; and his telling of a willing adoption

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    Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography‚ The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚ or Gustavus Vassa‚ the African‚ published in 1789‚ is significant for numerous reasons. Firstly‚ it is one of the very rare scripts written in English by an individual of African ancestry during the eighteenth century. Secondly‚ it is one of the initial accounts of a passage up from captivity written by someone who had personally gone through enslavement. This makes Equiano’s narrative one of the earliest

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