Imagine it is 1781 and you have just read about the captain who threw 140 slaves
into the sea. You are horrified and you
want to help end the slave trade.
Read these suggestions. Which do you
think is the best? Why?
boycott slave-produced goods
• write letters to politicians
go to hear speeches by abolitionists
• tell family and friends what you think
Write a letter to a friend. Say what you
think about the slave trade and why, and
what you are going to do.
Dear..
Have you heard about...?
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the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.