At the age of 11 years, Olaudah was captured by African slave traders and sold into bondage in the New World. After a long, torturous voyage, in which the conditions were so bad as to provoke some of the slaves to commit suicide, they reached Barbados, where Equiano witnessed families being separated without any thought to the pain and distress this caused. ships in the Middle Passage. Some of these documents have been edited, but all are authentic. In one of the largest forced migrations in human history, up to 12 million Africans were sold as slaves to Europeans and shipped to the Americas. Updates? This, in turn, led to an encounter between Equiano and a man named Mr. D----. Equianos autobiography was so popular that it ran through nine English editions and one printing in the United States and was translated into Dutch, German, and Russian during his lifetime. His narrative also offered a first-hand (first-person narrative) account of slavery and shared the story of his journey towards freedom. One day, when we had a smooth sea, and a moderate wind, two of my wearied countrymen, who were chained together (I was near them at the time), preferring death to such a life of misery, somehow made through the nettings, and jumped into the sea: immediately another quite dejected fellow, who, on account of his illness, was suffered to be out of irons, also followed their example; and I believe many more would soon have done the same, if they had not been prevented by the ships crew, who were instantly alarmed. Initially, Equiano had a tremendous amount of worry related to the appearance of the slave traders and that initial discomfort was based upon racial differences. 0000011221 00000 n At last we came in sight of the island of Barbadoes, at which the whites on board gave a great shout, and made many signs of joy to us. 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After a number of further battles, they returned to England, where Equiano began to hope he might gain his freedom. Pascal treated Equiano better than any other white man had in the past, though he also refused to call Equiano by the name of Jacob as Equiano preferred, instead naming him Gustavus Vassa. The narrative by Olaudah Equiano gives an interesting perspective of slavery both within and outside of Africa in the eighteenth century. 0000004891 00000 n I inquired of these what was to be done with us? They told me I was not, and one of the crew brought me a small portion of spirituous liquor in a wine glass; but being afraid of him, I would not take it out of his hand. For a portion of time, the U.S. relied on the backs of slaves to carry on their whole production processes and maintain economic balance. And sure enough, soon after we were landed, there came to us Africans of all languages. King hired Equiano out to a captain, Thomas Farmer, and eventually permitted him to participate in a series of voyages between the West Indies, St. Eustatia, and Georgiavoyages that involved the transport and exchange of slaves and other goods. He thought they were going to try to kill him and eat him. No love, no shelter, no family. They at last took notice of my surprise; and one of them, willing to increase it, as well as to gratify my curiosity, made me one day look through it. The customs are very different from those of England, but he also makes the case for their similarity to traditions of the Jews, even suggesting that Jews and Africans share a common heritage. 4.8: Primary Source: Olaudah Equiano is shared under a not declared license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by LibreTexts. When I looked round the ship too, and saw a large furnace of copper boiling, and a multitude of black people of every description chained together, every one of their countenances expressing dejection and sorrow, I no longer doubted of my fate; and, quite overpowered with horror and anguish, I fell motionless on the deck and fainted. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes. Washington, D.C. Email powered by MailChimp (Privacy Policy & Terms of Use), African American History Curatorial Collective, The Wreck and Rescue of an Immigrant Ship, Disaster! In Turkey, Equiano became acquainted with a group of people who helped him better understand Bible verses. was a little revived, and thought, if it were no worse than working, my situation was not so desperate; but still I feared I should be put to death, the white people looked and acted, as I thought, in so savage a manner; for I had never seen among any people such instances of brutal cruelty; and this not only shown towards us blacks, but also to some of the whites themselves. Must every tender feeling be likewise sacrificed to your avarice? Although Olaudah Equiano was not directly involved in American slavery, several aspects of The Life of Olaudah Equiano can be used to understand why the institution lasted so long. Many a time we were near suffocation, from the want of fresh air, which we were often without for whole days together. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Olaudah-Equiano, Christianity Today - Olaudah Equianos Argument Against Slavery Was His Life Experience, Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; or, Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; or, Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself, title page of Olaudah Equiano's autobiography. King and Farmer accused him once of planning an escape, but Equiano's evidence of loyalty quashed their fears. After spending time with a number of different masters in the interior of Africa, he was eventually separated from his sister and brought to the coast. Equianos apprehensions and alarmsamong the Europeans began to decrease, as he was continually being integrated into society and was, Coming from a rich culture and background in a village full of dancers, poets, and musicians to then be captured and become the property of the white man, Equiano and his sister did not live a childhood that would lead to successful life or even much happiness. O, ye nominal Christians! 0000011561 00000 n The Life of Olaudah Equiano Based on the excerpt, how did the slaves find different ways of getting through - or escaping . "I believe there are few events in my life which have not happened to many; it is true the incidents of it are numerous, and, did I consider myself an European, I might say my sufferings were great; but when I compare my lot with that of most of my countrymen, I regard myself as a particular favorite of heaven, and acknowledge the mercies of Providence in every occurrence of my life." He was not used to their language, A long and uncomfortable trade route for slaves from Africa to the Americas; ships were packed with violent white men who watched the slaves every move. After Equiano settled in England, he became an active abolitionist, agitating and lecturing against the cruelty of British enslavers in Jamaica. I understood them, though they were from a distant part of Africa; and I thought it odd I had not seen any horses there; but afterwards, when I came to converse with different Africans, I found they had many horses amongst them, and much larger than those I then saw. 0000087103 00000 n 0000048978 00000 n Guilty over the accusation, King promised to lend Equiano money towards his freedom if the slave could raise an adequate amount himself. Equiano had been hired by Dr. Irving, who decided to establish a plantation in Jamaica and asked Equiano to join. Is It Not Enough that We Are Torn From Our Country and Friends?: Olaudah Equiano Describes the Horrors of the Middle Passage, 1780s. One day, when we had a smooth sea and moderate wind, two of my wearied countrymen who were chained together (I was near them at the time), preferring death to such a life of misery, somehow made through the nettings and jumped into the sea; immediately, another quite dejected fellow, who, on account of his illness, was suffered to be out of irons, also followed their example; and I believe many more would very soon have done the same, if they had not been prevented by the ships crew, who were instantly alarmed. Historical Thinking Standard 4: Historical Research Capabilities. Culture. 0000091180 00000 n In his autobiography he describes the inconceivable conditions of the . Olaudah Equianos first-person account recalls his terrifying journey as an 11-year-old captive aboard a slave ship from Africa to Barbados in 1756. "the first object which saluted my eyes when I arriveda slave ship, these filled me with astonishment, which was soon converted in to terror" (Vassa 57). 23 58 2 vols. PDFs of modern translations of every Shakespeare play and poem. We also acknowledge previous National Science Foundation support under grant numbers 1246120, 1525057, and 1413739. Story is olaudah equiaion recalls the middle passage. Equiano had been bought and sold throughout the Americas and Europe; he showed the, Olaudah Equianos The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavas Vassa, the African was first published in 1789 in London, England (687). Instant PDF downloads. had they any like themselves? 0000034176 00000 n An Analysis of Olaudah Equiano's 'The Middle Passage', Middle Passage by Olaudah Equiano More books than SparkNotes. The clouds appeared to me to be land, which disappeared as they passed along. His perception was that the immense brutality of the Middle Passage foreshadowed the dehumanization of slaves in the Americas, which was more inhumane than the treatment he had received as a slave while in Africa. Constitution Avenue, NW Documents discovered at the turn of the 21st century, which suggest that Olaudah Equiano may have been born in North America, have raised questions, still unresolved, about whether his accounts of Africa and the Middle Passage are based on memory, reading, or a combination of the two. On the way back from one trip to Georgia, Farmer grew ill and died, and Equiano became the de facto captain. Creating notes and highlights requires a free LitCharts account. Date Posted: I envied them the freedom they enjoyed, and as often wished I could change my condition for theirs. On the voyage, he tried to instruct a Musquito Indian prince in Christianity, with uncertain results. Buying and enslaving the people who supplied this labor ultimately became a lucrative and tragic part of the commerce in the maritime web that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Happily perhaps for myself I was soon reduced so low here that it was thought necessary to keep me almost always on deck; and from my extreme youth I was not put in fetters. Equiano accompanied Pascal on a few more voyages in which they participated in battles of the French and Indian Wars, and then they left for Gibraltar and the Mediterranean. We were conducted immediately to the merchants yard, where we were all pent up together, like so many sheep in a fold, without regard to sex or age. My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the themes as a class., Requesting a new guide requires a free LitCharts account. This wretched situation was again aggravated by the galling of the chains, now become insupportable, and the filth of the necessary tubs, into which the children often fell, and were almost suffocated. 0 The way the content is organized, Would not have made it through AP Literature without the printable PDFs. 23 0 obj <> endobj They told me they did not, but came from a distant one. One such African slave was a man by the name of Olaudah Equiano, who 's autobiography spoke of the mortality rate on slave ships, what he and his fellow slaves thought of their European captors, and what their captors thought of them. In 2009 a tablet memorializing Equiano was installed at Londons St. Margarets Church, where he was baptized in 1759. A ) It suggests that sanitation on the ship was not as much a priority for the Europeans as was profit. The Middle Passage: The Narrative of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African: Problems in World History History as a Discipline Graphic of the Structure of History: Identify key vocabulary Create storyline or a summary Identify author Determine type of source Select and organize key ideas Post a reaction to Global Conference Omissions? "Their complexions too differing so much from ours, their long hair, and the language they spoke, (which was very different from any I had ever. 0000001456 00000 n One white man in particular I saw, when we were permitted to be on deck, flogged so unmercifully with a large rope near the foremast, that he died in consequence of it; and they tossed him over the side as they would have done a brute. Equiano eventually purchased his freedom and lived in London where he advocated for abolition. I was immediately handled, and tossed up to see if I were sound, by some of the crew; and I was now persuaded that I had gotten into a world of bad spirits, and that they were going to kill me. 0000052442 00000 n Newsletter subscription managed by MailChimp. Complete Summary Using Financial Functions, complete the "Summary" box. 0000049655 00000 n Our, "Sooo much more helpful thanSparkNotes. He spoke out against the English slave trade. This made me fear these people the more; and I expected nothing less than to be treated in the same manner. But his happiness ended at the age of eleven. However, it is not only his unique style alone that fulfils his rhetorical purpose of depicting the appalling slave experience; in addition, his several rhetorical devices aid to do so. There he saw a slave ship for the first time and was stunned by the cramped, unclean, even inhuman condition in which black Africans were confined on the ships. The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us. Olaudah Equiano begins his narrative by describing the customs of his native land in modern-day Nigeria. At last we came in sight of the island of Barbadoes, at which the whites on board gave a great shout, and made many signs of joy to us. He concludes with a powerful rhetorical argument against the slave trade, calling on the Christian feelings of the British and making economic and commercial arguments for abolishing slavery and opening Africa up to British goods and products. They told me they could not tell; but that there was cloth put upon the masts by the help of the ropes I saw, and then the vessel went on; and the white men had some spell or magic they put in the water when they liked, in order to stop the vessel. Working from measurements of a Liverpool slave ship, a At last, when the ship we were in had got in all her cargo, they made ready with many fearful noises, and we were all put under deck, so that we could not see how they managed the vessel. In this manner we continued to undergo more hardships than I can now relate, hardships which are inseparable from this accursed trade. Furthermore, he did not suggest that this brutality was linked to the race of the traders, though that seemed to have been his initial impression, but to the nature of the Trans-Atlantic trade. In this situation I expected every hour to share the fate of my companions, some of whom were almost daily brought upon deck at the point of death, which I began to hope would soon put an end to my miseries. This famous plan has appeared in almost every study of the Middle Passage . Equiano does this through a series of questions. These questions are based on the accompanying primary sources. Are the dearest friends and relations, now rendered more dear by their separation from their kindred, still to be parted from each other, and thus prevented from cheering the gloom of slavery, with the small comfort of being together, and mingling their sufferings and sorrows? They are designed to help you practice working with historical documents. During this time, he also began to struggle with his faith, wandering among churches and growing unsatisfied both with his questions about eternal life, and with the sinfulness he saw among apparent Christians all around him. Olaudah Equiano lived the life as a slave like many black people of the 18th century. He and his fellow slaves rationalized the situation by stating that the westerners were spirits and that they possessed magic "there was cloth put upon theand then the vessel went on; and the white men had some spell or magic they put in the water, when they liked, in order to stop the vessel" (Vassa 59). 0000102522 00000 n During our passage I first saw flying fishes, which surprised me very much: they used frequently to fly across the ship, and many of them fell on the deck. This portrait of Olaudah Equiano was used as the frontispiece (illustration opposite a book's title page) of his autobiography, The Interesting Narrative . When I recovered a little, I found some black people about me, who I believed were some of those who had brought me on board, and had been receiving their pay; they talked to me in order to cheer me, but all in vain. 0000008962 00000 n LitCharts Teacher Editions. 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