Read the following excerpt from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of
Olaudah Equiano. Which aspect of the African slave trade is illustrated by this
passage?
The next day proved a day of greater sorrow than I had yet
experienced; for my sister and I were then separated, while
we lay clasped in each other's arms. It was in vain that we
besought them not to part us, she was torn from me, and
immediately carried away, while I was left in a state of
distraction not to be described. I cried and grieved
continually, and for several days I did not eat anything but
what they forced into my mouth.