EQUIANO Flashcards
Plot summary
Equiano is sold to the owner of the slave ship and goes on a journey across the ocean to NA where he is destined to work. In contrast to the conventional European belief that black people were uncivilized and inferior, Equiano turns the table and suggest that Europeans are the “savage” and brutal people that possess no morals. Asking readers to consider who the real “civilized person” is, someone who has the facility with language to tell the story of his life or the English who are engaged in brutal, inhuman practices
in second excerpt, he talks about freeing himself from slavery and exclaims that this was the happiest day of his life- he buys back his freedom (40 pounds)and spends 8 pounds on a ice suit
Themes: slavery
a large. compelling argument that Equiano makes is how the institution of slvery can negatively affect EVERYbody participating in it - not only stealing the should of the slaves but also the souls of people who are benefitting financially from it
Theme: The effect os a literary work on public opinion
this work is not only an autobiography that contains elements of travel written in it, but it exposes the horrific reality of slavery
his work was quoted wen parliament were having debates on the subject os abolition
Thus, this work is important in terms of the difference it made in the lives of millions of people by teaching the world what it felt like t live as a salve
