The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Elaudah Equiano ...



The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: An Exploration

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1. On how many continents was Equiano a slave?

2. Equiano wrote an autobiography explaining how his life changed from __________ to __________ and back to __________ again.

3. His depiction of slavery is shown through his __________ __________.

Click on “Enslaved in Africa”

4. How was Equiano captured, and who was captured with him?

5. What did Equiano describe as “mortifying” when he was first captured?

6. What is different about Equiano’s experience at meal time in Africa versus the same experience an American slave might have?

7. What scared him about being taken to America to be a slave?

8. What was Equiano’s response when he as first taken on the deck of the ship?

9. How many slaves were “packed” into the lower decks of the ships?

10. Up to __________ of a ship’s Africans died during the voyage.

11. Describe in brief Equiano’s description of the slave trade.

12. Was Equiano purchased as a slave in the English colony of Barbados? Why do you believe this is so?

13. Where was he eventually shipped?

14. What example does Equiano cite as a reason why he knew slavery in America was worse than slavery in Africa?

15. What did Equiano refuse to do when he was sold to the new owner, Michael Henry Pascal?

16. What did Henry learn from Pascal, and who educated him?

17. What was Equiano’s argument when he challenged his sale to Captain James Doran?

18. Equiano was too well convinced of Doran’s __________ to argue his freedom any longer.

19. What TWO things was it very common for slaves in several of the Caribbean Islands to have on them?

20. What did Equiano do to save money to buy his freedom, and how much money did his freedom cost him?

21. After he was freed, he worked as a __________ for many years.

22. What almost happened to Equiano on a ship while he was a FREE man?

23. What was his “unexpected deliverance?”

24. What book was the first widespread anti-slavery book?

25. What happened ten years after its author’s death?

Click on the “Witness a Slave Auction” link, and examine MULTIPLE scenarios.

26. Describe what would happen if you OPPOSED the slave trade for at TWO of the characters. Give their title/name in the explanation.

27. Read “Where was Equiano Born?” Read the facts for both sides of the argument. Decide which argument you agree with. Write an opening or closing statement that could be used in a debate/court case in order to convince an audience/jury that your opinion is correct. It must be a long paragraph including at least four reasons that will persuade your audience/jury to agree with you.

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