He insinuates that even though the slave life is terrifying the masters that can only portray how things are. Though Equiano trust in masters is sort lived for the fact that he is once again traded, which continues to happen throughout the book. In further reading Equiano's journals you start to learn that towards the begging of his slave life he explains that it's not the slave owners that impacted him but rather the fact of living as a slave which hurts him dearly. This idea can be backed with the following words from Equiano when he was united with his sister for the last time, "Our meeting affected all who saw us, and indeed I must acknowledge, in honor of those sable destroyers of human rights, that I never met with any ill treatment, or saw any offered to their slaves except tying them." This statement shows how Equiano sees the slave trade to be. It seems as though Equiano observes the trade as a pitiless and immoral life for the slave, although he finds that this life can be lightened and helped with the presence of a pleasant master. Although he often observes that any master can have a cold heart, and I believe this comes out of him in his writings after his sister was torn from him for the final time, "Sharer of my joys and sorrows, happy should I ever esteemed myself to encounter every misery for you, and to procure your freedom by the sacrifice of my own Fallen victims to the violence of the African trader." In this quote talks about what he has observed to be the slave traders intentions. In saying that "we encounter misery for you" Equiano tries to let the reader see the morals of the trader. He urges you to comprehend that it's not what a slave desperately needs but rather what the slave trader thinks easiest that decides outcomes in daily routines. While Equiano talks about the many things that he observes while being traded nothing can compare to the stories and complaints he writes about during his voyages over see as a slave.
