... the apex of the construction of the Middle Passage; this is an emphatic claim to life, signifying the arrival of a new people on the scene of the New World. I mention about new people because, as we will see, the crossing of the ocean is the opportunity to transform in something different, something "new". The ... knowledge. In fact he defines poetry as: "The illumination of experience through language" (Collected Prose) Hayden uses the same technique we can find in Equiano's personal relation: "It would be needless to give a description of all horrible scenes which we saw and the base tr...

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