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Throughout this chapter, Equiano pauses in recounting the story of his own life in order to relate a number of instances of incredibly cruel and violent treatment of slaves in Montserrat. He lingers over these examples in large part because most English people probably would never spend much time thinking about the sources of their sugar, cotton clothing, and other goods, since the origins of these goods seemed so distant. Equiano knows that it’s easier not to care about cruelty when it remains abstract, so he focuses on the specific and shocking features of captivity.
He also, here, seeks to…