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Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano. Olaudah Equiano. Also known as Gustavus Vassa , was one of the most prominent Africans involved in the British movement of the abolition for the slave trade.

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Olaudah Equiano

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  1. Olaudah Equiano Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  2. Olaudah Equiano • Also known as Gustavus Vassa, was one of the most prominent Africans involved in the British movement of the abolition for the slave trade. • His two volume autobiography depicted the horrors of slavery and helped influence British lawmakers to abolish the slave trade through the Slave Trade Act of 1807. • Despite his enslavement as a young man, he purchased his freedom and worked as a seaman, merchant and explorer in South America, the Caribbean, the Arctic, the American colonies and the United Kingdom. Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  3. Olaudah Equiano • His autobiography had eight editions in England • Father was tribal elder of Benin (village of Essaka, Nigeria) • He was 11 years old when he was kidnapped with his sister • Sold to British slave traders • Between 1500 and 1800, about 15 millions Africans were captured • Middle Passage was the name of the route the slave ships took Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  4. Olaudah Equiano • Nearly two million slaves died before reaching their destination • U.S. slave trade was not abolished by law until 1808, nearly twenty years after Equiano published his autobiography Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  5. **Controversy PG 231OlaudahEquiano • **William L. Andrews, Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, an expert on slave narratives. • Researching Equiano, it was discovered documents that make Professor Andrews wonder if Equiano’s autobiography was truthful (his boyhood slavery experience on a slave ship) • In Westminster, England’s church records, it was discovered a “Gustavus Vassa” a Black was born in Carolina 12 years old. Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  6. Vocabulary pg 158 Hateful; detestable likely to cause disease • Loathsome • Pestilential • Copious • Improvident • Avarice • Pacify • Slave narrative plentiful; abundant shortsighted greed for riches calm; soothe is an autobiographical account of life as a slave. It documents a slave’s experiences from his or her own point of view. Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  7. persuasive pleas against slavery, used to strengthen its impact Vocabulary pg 158 State main ideas and key details in your own words • Emotional appeals • Summarize • Mariner • Amassed • Abolition • Abolitionist • Genre • Bondage sailor collected; saved; combined to eliminate; to end slavery a person who works to end slavery literary type; kind repression; oppression Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  8. Vocabulary pg 158 dilemma; trouble; difficulty; suffering reminiscent; suggestive • Plight • Evocative • Inconceivable • Quadrant- • Anthology- • Hideous- • Catastrophic unbelievable Navigational tool/instrument collection Ugly; revolting Disastrous; terrible; shattering; appalling Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  9. Vocabulary pg 158 Curious; inquiring; questioning isolates • Inquisitive • Alienates • Resilient • Galling- • Floggings= • Dejected= • Avarice= Flexible; tough; durable annoying; irritating whipping hopeless pg 163 greed Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  10. Writers who lied! • Jayson Blair, • New York Times Reporter Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  11. Writers who lied! • James Frey • It tells the story of a 23-year-old alcoholic and drug abuser and how he copes with rehabilitation in a Twelve Steps program. • In September of 2005, Oprah's Book Club selection • Became the number one paperback non-fiction book on Amazon.com, and topped the New York Times Best Seller list for fifteen straight weeks. Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  12. Writers who lied! • Holocaust 'greatest' love story a hoax the story of Herman and Roma Rosenblat isn't true. • The two had told their love story for years and years, inspiring a book deal, an upcoming movie, and stories across the globe on television, in papers and on the Internet. • A children's book, "Angel Girl," was also based on their love story Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  13. Writers who lied! • Producer Harris Salomon, of Atlantic Overseas Pictures, made plans to adapt the story into a $25 million movie called The Flower at the Fence,and he had earlier registered a screenplay based on the story with the Library of Congress in 2003. • Oprah says, "is the single greatest love story, in 22 years of doing this show, we've ever told on the air.“ • Publisher demands money back from writer http://gawker.com/5444022/herman-rosenblat-book-deal-documents Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  14. Writers who lied! • Michael Brown (Brownie) • Resume-FEMA • Gained position by lying on resume, endangered tens of thousands of lives • First Undersecretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response (EP&R), a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He was appointed in January 2003 by PresidentGeorge W. Bush and resigned in September 2005. Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  15. Writers who lied! 5-18-10 • Adam B. Wheeler falsified records. • Ex-Harvard student • After two years of blending into campus life and racking up academic prizes and tens of thousands of dollars in grants and scholarships, Wheeler allegedly upped the ante: The 23-year-old senior applied for the prestigious Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships last fall using falsified credentials, including a fake transcript and work he plagiarized from a Harvard professor, said investigators. Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  16. Writers who lied! 5-18-10 • Adam B. Wheeler falsified records. • Ex-Harvard student Wheeler was indicted yesterday on charges of larceny and identity fraud, among other charges. • If proven, the charges — he is also accused of falsely claiming to have attended MIT and Phillips Academy and coauthored several books — suggest a student on a fraudulent quest for advancement at all costs, and raise questions about how he nearly got away with it. Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  17. 1. Based on his narrative, what is your impression of Equiano? Pg 164 Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  18. 2a. What does Equiano blame the illness aboard the ship on the “improvident avarice” of the traders. Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  19. 2b. How do the white crewmen view their captives? Pg 164 Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  20. 2c. What does the treatment of the slaves reveal about the captor’s attitudes toward human life? Pg 164 Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  21. 3a. How does Equiano’s age affect his experiences during the voyage? Pg 164 Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  22. 3b. How do you think he felt about his experience compared to the fate of other slaves on the ship? Pg 164 4a. Why do some of the slaves jump overboard? 164 Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  23. 4b. Why do you suppose the slaves who were rescued after jumping overboard got flogged? 164 5. How does Equiano prove his great zest (enthusiasm) for life despite his assertion (claim) that he wants? 164 Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  24. 6. Why is it important for people who are victims of such human injustices to record their experiences? 164 Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  25. Pg 166 Word Analysis –vid- • Vid • Videre= to see • Provident= to have forsight • 1. Why is evidence useful in establishing guilty? • 2. How would video technology change telephone habits? Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  26. Spelling Strategy pg 166 • Change the spelling of in-, a common prefix meaning “not” to im- when you add it to words beginning with b, m, or p (as in improvident). • 1. not mortal • 2. not balanced • 3. not possible • 4. not precise Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  27. Vocabulary Builder pg 166 • 1. loathesome, hateful • 2. pestilential, sanitary • 3. copious, sparse • 4. improvident (shortsighted), cautious • 5. avarice, greed • 6. pacify, torment Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  28. Active and Passive Voice pg 166 • Example Active Voice • They tossed the remaining fish into the sea. • Active voice= the subject performs the action • Example Passive Voice • The situationwas aggravated by the galling of the chains. • Passive voice= subject receives the action • 1. Some of us had been permitted to stay on the deck for the fresh air. Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  29. Active and Passive Voice pg 166 • Example Active Voice • They tossed the remaining fish into the sea. • Active voice= the subject performs the action • Example Passive Voice • The situationwas aggravated by the galling of the chains. • Passive voice= subject receives the action • 2. I was soon reduced so low here. Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  30. Active and Passive Voice pg 166 • Example Active Voice • They tossed the remaining fish into the sea. • Active voice= the subject performs the action • Example Passive Voice • The situationwas aggravated by the galling of the chains. • Passive voice= subject receives the action • 3. It was thought necessary to keep me almost always on deck. Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  31. Active and Passive Voice pg 166 • Example Active Voice • They tossed the remaining fish into the sea. • Active voice= the subject performs the action • Example Passive Voice • The situationwas aggravated by the galling of the chains. • Passive voice= subject receives the action • 4. They were discovered. Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

  32. Active and Passive Voice pg 166 • Example Active Voice • They tossed the remaining fish into the sea. • Active voice= the subject performs the action • Example Passive Voice • The situationwas aggravated by the galling of the chains. • Passive voice= subject receives the action • 5. Flying fish were seen. Read pages 156-167 and 231*** HW 164, 166

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