2) What I found interesting was that this or any image can do justice to such a influential and powerful man that broke the mold of runaway slaves. To think that a slave learned to read, write, had the intellect to change his name to avoid being caught by slave catchers speaks loudly about his character & ambition. In addition to his rebellion, he published a book, founded a controversial newspaper & held several highly elected positions in government. Also, it was interesting that Frederick & Nat Turner closely resembled one another. Here you have two slaves, who took their own idea of self emancipation into their own hands. Nat Turner believed in rebellion in spirituality to achieve his goal. Frederick achieved his goals by the founding & writing of the North Star & advocating for the Civil War.

3) This image enhances my understanding of enslavement by physically seeing a man who rejected the definition of such a term & put self emancipation into action.

What I found interesting about this picture is the success story of the man that is shown in the picture,not many stories end with the happy ending, Equiano is a man who was kidnapped at the age of 10 and taken to virginia where he was purchased by and transported to England.In 1761 Equiano was sold in the West Indies to a Philadelphia Quaker and merchant from whom he learned commerce. He traveled between Philadelphia and the West Indies, earning enough money to purchase his freedom in 1766.

This story enhances my reading in enslavement because Equiano had to work hard to purchase his own freedom and also if you look close to the picture, you will notice where they wrote “Written By Himself”. This brings us back to what we talked about in class about slave narrative.