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Equiano’s Narrative complicates the quote, “Emotional ties to particular places, connections between generations, and relations of kinship and friendship linking neighboring plantations and farms were the foundation stones of African American community life.”(61 Faragher) Olaudah Equiano, an Ibo from Nigeria, was just 11 years old when he was kidnapped into slavery. ... Equiano traveled so often that that the emotional ties were constantly broken and then turned into better experiences along the way. “Kinship was very important,” to Equiano, it helped him to be successful in his interactions with his masters. Thirdly, Equiano rarely talks of any family reference that he formed along his fortunate life, which contradicts the extract “during the Middle Passage, it was common for children to call their elders ‘aunt’ and ‘uncle,’ for adults to address all children as ‘son’ or ‘daughter’”. (61 Faragher) The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano, proves that not every aspect of slavery that is portrayed, really happened to all slaves. Granted, Equiano lived an extraordinary lifestyle compared to other slaves in that period of time, but it proved that not just one life of a slave could account for the millions of others that were put through the same form of inhumane manner.
Approximate Word count = 840
Approximate Pages = 3.4
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