Which quote best expresses the attitudes of many of Olaudah Equiano's countrymen in "Aboard a
Slave Ship"?
"Happily perhaps for myself, I was soon reduced so low here that it was thought necessary to keep me
almost always on deck" (54)
"One day, when we had a smooth sea and moderate wind, two of my wearied countrymen who were
chained together (I was near them at the time), preferring death to such a life of misery, somehow made
through the nettings and jumped into the sea" (54),
"The stench of the hold while we were on the coast was so intolerably loathsome, that it was dangerous
to remain there for any time, and some of us had been permitted to stay on the deck for the fresh air
but now that the whole ship's cargo were confined together it became absolutely pestilential (53)

"One day, when we had a smooth sea and moderate wind, two of my wearied countrymen who were chained together (I was near them at the time), preferring death to such a life of misery, somehow made through the nettings and jumped into the sea"

Explanation:

"Aboard a Slave Ship" explains the real life situation of how over 12 Million Africans were forced to travel to the New World to become enslaved. They were chained to the boat and treated very poorly. It was a dangerous journey. Just like this quote says, many of the Africans would prefer death. Out of the 12 Million+ Africans on the boats, 2 million died on their way.

This took place from 1525 to 1866.

mahima6824soni mahima6824soni · Answer 2 · 2022-07-13T11:44:57+02:00

The quote that best expresses the attitude of many of Olaudah Equiano's countrymen in "Aboard a Slave Ship" is

"One day, when we had a smooth sea and moderate wind, two of my wearied countrymen who were chained together (I was near them at the time), preferring death to such a life of misery, somehow made through the nettings and jumped into the sea"

What is "Aboard a Slave Ship"?

It is a story of the life of Olaudah Equiano. They are on the ship and taken to another nation to become a slave. He was in fear and he was thinking that white man will kill him and eat him.

Thus, the correct option is B.

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