Question 6 • 26/27 ENGLISH 11 A
Answer:
In The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Equiano recounts being kidnapped as a child in Africa and separated from his family. He describes the fear and cruelty of the Middle Passage and the many hardships he faced while enslaved and sold to different owners. Through work at sea, he gained experience and learned to read, while saving money to buy his freedom. After becoming free, Equiano traveled and used his writing and public speaking to describe the horrors of slavery and urge people to oppose it.