![]() ![]() Not and, besides, the crew used to watch us very closely who were notĬhained down to the decks, lest we should leap into the water and I have Have got over the nettings, I would have jumped over the side, but I could This kind before and although, not being used to the water, I naturallyįeared that element the first time I saw it yet, nevertheless, could I The hands, and laid me across, I think, the windlass, and tied my feet, Offered me eatables and, on refusing to eat, one of them held me fast by I now wished for the lastįriend, Death, to relieve me but soon, to my grief, two of the white men Nor had I the least desire to taste any thing. There I received such a salutation in my nostrils as I had neverĮxperienced in my life so that with the loathsomeness of the stench,Īnd crying together, I became so sick and low that I was not able to eat, Suffered to indulge my grief I was soon put down under the decks, and Heightened by my ignorance of what I was to undergo. Present situation, which was filled with horrors of every kind, still Least glimpse of hope of gaining the shore, which I now considered asįriendly: and I even wished for my former slavery in preference to my I now saw myselfĭeprived of all chance of returning to my native country, or even the On board went off, and left me abandoned to despair. Soon after this, the blacks who brought me Greatest consternation at the strange feeling it produced, having never Instead of reviving me, as they thought it would, threw me into the It from him and gave it to me, and I took a little down my palate, which, Small portion of spirituous liquor in a wine glass but, being afraid of ![]() Were not to be eaten by those white men with horrible looks, red faces,Īnd long hair? They told me I was not and one of the crew brought me a Talked to me in order to cheer me, but all in vain. Those who brought me on board, and had been receiving their pay they When I recoveredĪ little, I found some black people about me, who I believed were some of Sorrow, I no longer doubted of my fate, and, quite overpowered with horrorĪnd anguish, I fell motionless on the deck and fainted. ![]() When I looked round the ship too, and saw a large furnace ofĬopper boiling, and a multitude of black people of every descriptionĬhained together, every one of their countenances expressing dejection and To have exchanged my condition with that of the meanest slave in my ownĬountry. Thousand worlds had been my own, I would have freely parted with them all Such were the horrors of my views and fears at the moment, that, if ten Their long hair, and the language they spoke, which was very differentįrom any I had ever heard, united to confirm me in this belief. Their complexions too differing so much from ours, Persuaded that I was got into a world of bad spirits, and that they were Tossed up, to see if I were sound, by some of the crew and I was now When I was carried on board I was immediately handled, and Into terror, which I am yet at a loss to describe, nor the then feelings These filled me with astonishment, which was soon converted Sea, and a slave-ship, which was then riding at anchor, and waiting for The first object which saluted my eyes when I arrived on the coast was the This extract, taken from Chapter Two of the Interesting Narrative,ĭescribes the young Equiano's entry into a slave ship on the coast of ![]()
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