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Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano. From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. Questions:. Why is Equiano’s autobiography so historically significant? What impact did this book have on British abolitionists ?

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Olaudah Equiano

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  1. OlaudahEquiano From The Interesting Narrative of the Life of OlaudahEquiano

  2. Questions: • Why is Equiano’s autobiography so historically significant? • What impact did this book have on British abolitionists? • Does it matter that Equianomight not have actually experienced the “Middle Passage”? • Describe Equiano’sfear of the white men on the ship. Why did he find the killing of one of the sailors particularly terrifying? • Describe the conditions experienced below deck by the captives. • (See p. 89) Why did Equiano refer to the people selling the captives as “nominal” Christians?

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