1. Equiano is a young African boy, who struggles on his journey to the New World. He encounters many horrid scenes, and is treated like an animal. Many of the crew members who captured him as a slave, do not have an feelings what so ever. After catching plenty of fish for the whole ship, the members only ate them, and what ever was left they threw back into the sea. In Plymouth Plantation, the ship Mayflower carried as many as 100 pilgrims for their voyage to Virginia. The environment was just as horrid, "one of the main beams on the mid ships was bowed and cracked, which put them in some fear that the ship could not be able to perform voyage." Many were also affected with diseases such as scurvy which is a lack of Vitamin C, which many passengers did not consist of. In Equiano's journey, many diseases were spread as well, and in both stories several people died due to lack of nutrition, malfunction of the ship, no air, and no hygiene. Bradford encountered just as much as Equiano did.
2. From day one, the Europeans treated the Africans as if they were not even human. Africans were looked down to due to racial indifference's, and color. I believe that no matter what race, every individual should be treated equally. Unfortunately, some do not understand that. In the first story, where Equaino encounters the Europeans not dumping waste into the sea, but leaving it in the dirty, unspacious rooms, allowing the Africans to stay there. As well as, not giving any food to them, and "rubbing it into their face" as we call it, is extremely brutal. They dump the rest of the food in sea, rather than providing it for the slaves. They did not care, whether the slaves were dead or alive. The slaves were practically in a dieing state of matter, living in waste, and having no such health care for the diseases spread onto them.
3. Going through such pain and agony on a daily basis, could be very disturbing for mental health. Many of the slaves in both readings would rather die than stay alive. A disturbance comes into the mind, that rather than "live like your dying" a person referring to slave would rather just die and get it over with. "Two of my weary country men who were chained together, preferring death to such a life of misery, somehow made through the netting's and jumped into the sea." Oladouah Equiano said such words. Many were stopped from jumping aboard, because the slave crew member were alarmed. Harsh times were coming there way, because many even thought of the word "death" rather than slavery. As well as the "stench of the tubs" which is the smell of a toilet and the lack of fresh air for weeks, which caused many wanting to die. After reaching the island did the Africans realize that they did not want to die, because they were only told to work on the farms, and had seen many of their own kind, giving a sense of contentment.
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