1. Africans were kidnapped and taken aboard ships to be transported to various places. From reading Equianos memoir I gathered that the slaves were terrified. They had never seen whites before, nor did they speak the language of their captors, so they had no idea of their destiny. Equiano tells us the harsh conditions aboard the ship. The slaves were shackled together. Equiano almost makes the reader hear the clanking of the chains and the gasps …showed first 75 words of 446 total…

…showed last 75 words of 446 total…food, and the desperation the slaves showed for water. Nelson tells of the horrid living conditions, the lack of space and the odors. His description of the poor slaves “swatting in corners” and the misery that was amongst them makes the reader almost sick it is so vivid. Equiano tells of the harsh living conditions and how terrified he was, but Nelson "showed" the true cruelty of what the people did and put slaves through.