Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano - Discussion Question

To what extent is African slavery, as described in Equiano's account, different from slavery practiced by Europeans in the Atlantic economy?

Equiano's account is a painful reminder for today's developed world of the painful past the people of Africa have endured. They have been through many forms of slave trade and the torture and suffering associated with it. The account shows a clear distinction in the way slavery was practiced in mainland Africa and the Europeans who were engaged in slave trade. By his account, we know that the slaves were treated generally better on the mainland and the masters ...