BLOG 4: The Journey of Slavery
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The Journey to Slavery
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
1789
Olaudah Equiano born around 1745 in what is now the Igbo-speaing region of Nigeria, was kidnaped from his home at the age of eleven and sold into the Atlantic slave trade. He tells his story using the first person and the story in my opinion is very meaningful and harmful. Olaudah Equiano learned to read and write, used to be a seaman along the side of his master's ship and later bough his freedom in 1766. Using his learning and teaching skills, he then published his own book in 1789 which summarizes an detailed overview in his personal life. Subjects in his book will probably involve specific subjects such as: his personal life as a slave, confusions, inequalities, questions, regrets and etc.
This story is not like any others because it's very deep but also very open minded. It's shocking with what happened to him and what is actually said. Olaudah Equiano pointed out at one point that he almost forgot that he was enslaved while talking to (his slave owner/slave owner's) since they (both/all) speak the same language. It found that very interesting.
Plenty of others were slaves just like the main character in service of one or more owners. He was not the only one who was seized and sold in the Atlantic slave trade although when it ended, some people may have either died, survived, bought their freedom, never learned to read or write. As result there aren't a lot of evidence of how certain slaved lived and survived.m
The Journey to Slavery
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
1789
Olaudah Equiano born around 1745 in what is now the Igbo-speaing region of Nigeria, was kidnaped from his home at the age of eleven and sold into the Atlantic slave trade. He tells his story using the first person and the story in my opinion is very meaningful and harmful. Olaudah Equiano learned to read and write, used to be a seaman along the side of his master's ship and later bough his freedom in 1766. Using his learning and teaching skills, he then published his own book in 1789 which summarizes an detailed overview in his personal life. Subjects in his book will probably involve specific subjects such as: his personal life as a slave, confusions, inequalities, questions, regrets and etc.
This story is not like any others because it's very deep but also very open minded. It's shocking with what happened to him and what is actually said. Olaudah Equiano pointed out at one point that he almost forgot that he was enslaved while talking to (his slave owner/slave owner's) since they (both/all) speak the same language. It found that very interesting.
Plenty of others were slaves just like the main character in service of one or more owners. He was not the only one who was seized and sold in the Atlantic slave trade although when it ended, some people may have either died, survived, bought their freedom, never learned to read or write. As result there aren't a lot of evidence of how certain slaved lived and survived.m
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