Required Reading
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15399/15399-h/15399-h.htm
Additional (optional) resources:
• The complete text of Equaino’s Interesting Narrative can be accessed at Gutenberg.org:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15399/15399-h/15399-h.htm
• See also Ottobah Cugoano, a Fante (and fellow member of the Sons of Africa in London
with Equiano), who wrote Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of
Slavery (1787); see several similar descriptions and arguments to those made by Equiano;
Cape Coast Castle is referred to briefly in the narrative.
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eccodemo/K046227.0001.001?view=toc
Discussion 4
Answer the following questions in approximately 2-4 sentences for each question.
1. What is Equiano’s objective in describing Igbo (archaic spelling: Eboe) government (the Embrenche) and key aspects of society (agriculture, arts) to European readers? (5 points)
2. Explain Equiano’s main point on the importance difference between (precolonial) slavery among the Igbo and slavery in Europe/Americas. Include (and correctly integrate/punctuate) one key quote and cite the page number (MLA form for internal citations). (5 points)
