A) Olaudah Equiano and Transatlantic World Please think about Equiano’s life as part of a growing web of exploitative connections that tied Africa to the European colonies in the Americas and to Europe. (1) What was the difference between slavery in Africa as described by Equiano and slavery as he experienced it? (2) African labor was exploited in many ways to build the colonies in the Americas. What was Equiano’s experience, and to what extent were those common or extraordinary? (3) Think about service in the Royal Navy, education and literacy as tools used to gain his freedom.
