Question 1
How does OlaudahEquiano describe the Middle Passage? What insight does he give into the ways Africans perceived Europeans and the ways in which he and others coped with the brutal conditions of the Middle Passage? In what ways do other selections from the chapter substantiate Equiano's description of the Middle Passage?
Question 2
Both of Everett Hoagland's poems, "Homecoming" and "Goree" seem to be tinged with sarcasm and resentment. To whom are these sentiments directed? Why? What seems to be Hoagland's overall perspective on America's appreciation for the history of the slave trade?