Equiano and Pontiac took dissimilar approaches in addressing white audiences in each of their writing. Calling on the white race to match their ostensible belief of freedom, Olaudah Equiano delivered an explanation of his opinions about the white people in a slave auction in the Caribbean. He explains that whites are only exploiting slaves for their own indulgence and lust of gain. Moreover, he mentions that the white population was callous towards the slaves who had already been torn away from their countries and families, plus now the whites will be separated from their friends without any concern. Equiano addresses the white audience as a despicable, selfish group of people who put their needs above everyone else’s. On the contrary, Pontiac,