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QUESTIONING EQUIANO

Establishing context is important in understanding the significance of Equiano's World and the role that Gustavus Vassa played in the abolition movement. Vassa's autobiography does not always clearly establish context, and sometimes his own misunderstandings cloud an appreciation of his own evolution as an intellectual and poltical activist. 

Where He Was Born 
Significance Of His Name
Attitudes Towards Slavery
Attitudes Towards Race and Culture

There are many theories about where Gustavus Vassa was born.

The choice of name Gustavus Vassa seemed to have been prophetic, at least to Vassa later in his life, although it is still unclear why Captain Pascal selected that name of all names to call his newly purchased slave in 1754.

Equiano comments on the tendency of the African slave trade to alter and harm both Africans and Europeans.

Equiano addresses prejudices that suggest the black skin colour of Africans was a natural indicator of their inferiority

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