... a total of ten years and endeavors to take on certain traits and customs of Western thinking. Olaudah Equiano wrote to decry the evils of slavery. He makes references to the Bible to admonish Christians to follow the Golden Rule and abolish slavery (Equiano, 361). On the other hand, like most puritans of her time, Mary Rowlandson wrote to discover God's purpose ... town in Lancaster, Massachusetts; where she is then held prisoner and spends eleven weeks with the Wampanoag Indians as they travel to safety. Consequently, Rowlandson makes numerous allusions to the Bible comparing her situa...

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