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Summary Of Venture Smith By Olaudah Equiano

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The narratives enslavement of the following writer is as follow. This all started when the slaves were captured from west Africa and sold to north America. They were separated from their families, brothers, and sisters, sold to north American people where they used them for so many things. Most of them worked in cotton or tobacco production. Slaves were used for hard work, because they have no right and control over their situation. Slaves don’t have the right to talk or question their master. So, they are their master’s property. The narrative story of venture smith, David walker, Phillis Wheatley and Equiano are important because of their stories of hardship and their way to freedom.
Smith venture, was captured when he was young. He was 6 and a half years old when they separated him from his family. Smith story was different from all slaves because, he was separated from his family several times even when he was a servant. He also tried to escape from his master with two other slaves. He worked hard to earn his freedom and that of his family. He paid 71 pounds for his freedom and 200 dollars for his two sons. Smiths does not believe in laziness, …show more content…
But his own experience is different from smith, because he believed in God. Olaudah ambition to save money in order to gain his freedom from his master. But after his master heard about Olaudah planned, he sold him to another master, captain Doran, which he accepted it as the will of God for him. Captain Doran sold him to king Robert which was a rich man. But Equiano was still dedicated and work whole heartily because he believed one day he’s going to gain his freedom. He did not like how slaves were treated in America but he can’t do anything. He later gained his freedom which he called the happiest day of his life. Equiano wrote in his narrative that domestic slaves in Virginia were treated cruelly and suffered in the hand of their

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