The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Test Notes The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

The narrative describes The horrors slaves faced on transatlantic voyages

The narrator was placed on the deck Because his captors feared he might die below deck

Equiano tells us objectively that He got seasick when he was on the ship

The power of this writing is that it is a personal narrative

The main purpose of this writing was To change public opinion about slavery

Equiano felt that the hardships suffered Could not be separated from slave trade because captives will always resist and traders will always use force to control the slaves.

Equiano’s attitude? Outrage

One of the details that Equiano did not emphasize Was the chafing of the chains on the slaves skin

We know that not every sailor was cruel Because he let Equiano look through the quadrant (the instrument they used to guide the ship).

The slaves fear that when they leave the ship they will be eaten.

When the slaves try to get the extra fish, They are caught and flogged (whipped).

“Inhabitants of the deep” Are fish and other sea creatures

The slaves were so different from the captors that They were to be eaten by these “ugly men”

The main idea of the last section Is that the ship landed and the captives were sold into slavery

If Equiano was free from slavery, He would have become a sailor or an abolitionist

The root word we studied was - vid- Which means “to see”

Copious Means plentiful or abundant

Pacify means to keep someone satisfied The most likely opposite meaning would be to enrage.