This produced copious perspirations so that the air became unfit for respiration from a variety of loathsome smells, and brought on a sickness among the slaves, of which many died- - thus falling victims of the improvident avarice, as I may call it, of their purchasers" (From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African, London, 1789) In The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African the protagonist recounts the pain involved in entering this enormous ship, and how, gradually, the more the ship flew over ...

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Equiano was kidnapped from Africa and taken to the New World where he is a slave and eventually gains his freedom. Equiano is put on ships that are traveling through the Atlantic trading goods between countries. While Equiano is visiting all these places in the world he is representation of the global economy through the exchange of goods that the slaves are taking. ... This quote shows how Equiano was passed from master to master and all the resources he encountered. ...

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Her husband had told her all the repugnant details of the Middle Passage and together they toured the countries spreading her Husband Olaudah Equino's story. ... Olaudah Equiano believed slavery wa...

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