In your own words, please discuss your reactions to the assigned excerpts from Equiano's autobiography. You
can consider addressing one or more of following prompts, or offer other insights on the text.
Discuss at least one particular experience, thought, or scene that Equiano described on the slave ship.
What is one specific example of cruelty that Equiano discussed?
At the end of the excerpt of the reading, what economic argument did Equiano make about slavery and the
slave trade?
Why do you think the experience of reading Equiano's autobiography changed some Europeans' attitudes
toward slavery and the slave trade?