Equiano's story was a classic slave narrative. He goes through a long series of slavery and being captured, to being transported which often took months, back to slavery. During this time he went through a vicious cycle of hope, to wishing he was a slave again instead of being on the boat, to wanting to die. It seemed as if anytime he would have any kind of hope, something bad would happen to make him return back to the harsh cycle.
An example of this would be when he was 'owned' but didn't consider himself a slave. Basically he was bought by someone but they did not treat him with the harshness other slave owners and transporters had.
The self-determination he was able to have helped him get through this rough time by the end of the narrative.
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