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4.13 Discussion

4.13 Discussion

Q 1. What new and strange things did the boy encounter? How did he explain these things to himself?

Q 2. What kept him from descending in to despair?

Q 3. What were some of your initial thoughts when you were reading/watching his description?

Q 4. What do you think about the new evidence surrounding Equiano's birth? Does this change the way you read his narrative? Why do you think historians still consider his accounts of the middle passage to be accuarate.

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After getting kidnapped at such an early age of eleven, Equiano was thwarted whenever tried to escape from the bondage of slavery. Not only goods but also people were transported across the Mediterranean. It is quite grieving to note that people at that time when got converted into slaves were recognized as mere commodities liable to be