Sunday, February 10, 2008

Equiano's Narrative [Relations To Narrative]

"America"
By: James Monroe Whitefeild

- racism; the whites, in their opinon, were more superior than the slaves
- they had no choice but to follow the orders of the whites
- they were forbidden their own natural rights

"Bury Me in a Free Land"
By: Frances Harper

-people would rather be dead than be slaves
- families were torn apart; mothers were taken from daughters etc.
- slaves were beaten badly if they disobeyed the white people

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