"From the time I left my own nation I always found somebody that understood me till I came to the sea coast. The languages of different nations did not totally differ, nor were they so copious as those of the Europeans, particularly the English. They
were therefore easily learned; and, while I was journeying thus through Africa, I acquired two or three different tongues. In
this manner I had been travelling for a considerable time... I was again sold, and carried through a number of places, till, after
travelling a considerable time, I came to a town called Tinmah, in the most beautiful country I had yet seen in Africa. It was
extremely rich, and there were many rivulets which flowed through it, and supplied a large pond in the center of the town,
where the people washed."
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
What important point does this part of Olaudah Equiano's narrative show about slavery?
A)
B)
Slavery was never a grim and irrepressible theme governing the
development of the Western Hemisphere."
The narrative showed how the interaction among the peoples of Africa and
Europe impacted the course of slavery.
The narrative showed that the interaction of Olaudah and other people
helped to educate him and make him a valuable commodity.
The narrative showed that slavery in the Western Hemisphere had the
same development when compared with the other regions of the Atlantic
world
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D)