Racial Problems in Colonial America

What does Equianos narrative tell us about escape in colonial America? Discuss his anti-sla genuinely argument.

Racial differences in America began with the colonists. Black slaves were tempered much different than innocence slaves. This caused many problems in the colonies, even though most memoir books never mention this fact.

        In Olaudah Equianos narrative he goes into great detail of the hardships endured by himself, as a slave, and others. He speaks of his personal view of anti-slavery, the loss of identity, abasement, and his feeling of being all told powerless.

        Equianos life was turned upside down, at the two-year-old age of eleven, when he was taken from his family and sold as a slave. Slaves are not addressed by their prone pick up; they are given a name by their owner. nearly slaves receive a current name each cadence they are sold to another owner. Equiano was called several different name during his lifetime, the first name he was given was Gustavas Vassa. He was given this name during the mid passage. He was proud of this given name, it sensation one favored, and having a loud voice and well talk. In the beginning he tried to ignore his new name but he finally decided to salmagundi and endured the loss of identity that each new name brought.

        The degradation and treatment was another predicament in life that slaves had to endure. When slaves were brought to the grocery to be sold they were inspected like a farmer inspects line of descent he is purchasing. Their teeth are looked at, the condition of their health was very important, and being a male was important because they were considered stronger. Many of the owners treated the slaves worse than they did their livestock. Owners of slaves thought they were dumb. Mainly because they could not understand...

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