Describe equianos friendship with richard baker

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Assignment: Olaudah Equiano

Question A. Briefly describe the culture in which Equiano lived before his capture; then summarize his capture and separation from his sister.

Question B. Describe Equiano's reactions as he first encounters the slave ship and the white men who are enslaving them (p. 379). What are the emotions that he feels? What fears does he have? How does he describe the countenances of those who were enslaved as he was?

Question C. These few pages are, in some textbooks, subtitled "The Horrors of the Slave Ship." List five "horrors" from pp. 380-382 that strike you as particularly dreadful.

Question D. Describe the procedure for selling the slaves describe on p. 383. (Do not forget this part of the question.) According to Equiano, what is the greatest horror of the selling of slaves? At the end of the chapter, he writes, "Surely, this is a new refinement in cruelty." To what is he referring?

Question E. Describe Equiano's friendship with Richard Baker, found at the end of chapter III on p. 385. Comment on at least one other thing that stands out to you from chapter III.

Question F. The excerpt from chapter VII describes how Equiano gained his freedom. How did this come about? Who helped him? Respond to Equiano's expression of the joy he felt at being free. Which images best express his feeling to you? Were you moved by this passage?

Question G. Explain one of the allusions from this passage - either his reference to Peter in prison or the reference to Elijah.

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