... for them. During the speech he stated: "This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn" (Douglass 383). A very clear topic that both shared was the inhumane treatment of slaves by whites. Equiano and the other slaves on the ship were given very little to eat and drink a week, while the whites had plenty and even wasted shark ... people were merely called "boy", and they were never given their respected titles such as Mr. or Mrs. Another unavoidable topic used by both men were the issues of cruel treatment to slaves and all blacks. Equiano was horrified once to see...

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... writing about these harsh treatments and accusations against white men, he could have been tortured, mutilated or murdered. In the end, he served his purpose of informing readers of the inhumane trafficking and brutal treatment of slaves and free blacks....

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