Draft: The Irony of It

Within Olaudah Equiano’s recollection of his dramatic memories as a slave, he remembers thinking he was going to be killed and eaten by the English. The English thought the Africans were evil or lower in stature than them. In contrast, Olaudah Equiano thought he was going to be cannibalized by the English. Both the English and the Africans acted on immoral intentions. Olaudah Equiano was randomly kidnapped by Africans when he was eleven years old. He was eventually sold to a slave ship on the coast. Although he eventually became free, the devastating effects this had on many Africans could be likened to the actual killing of a person. The African’s will to live probably dwindled down to being dependent on a splinter of hope that they just might become free in the future. But, maybe the most corrupt or morally undignified of them all were the many Africans that sold their own people as slaves to the English. This supported the English slave exportation system while manifesting a web of turmoil within their country; ultimately resulting in African’s turning against themselves, while being blind of the true enemy, the English. Isn’t it ironic?