What does this detail suggest about Equiano's audience and purpose: "...might not an African ask you, learned you this from your
God, who says unto you, Do unto all men as you would men should do unto you?" He is writing to Puritans of New England about treatment of Native Americans. He is writing to white Christians with the power to stop the slave trade. He is writing to other Africans who have been forced into slavery. He is writing to the King of England in regards to religious persecution.
He is writing to white Christians with the power to stop the slave trade
Explanation:
Olaudah Equiano was a notable Nigerian sold into slavery and taken to the Caribbean and then to London.
In his memoirs, he recounts how he wrote to white Christians who had the power to stop the slave trade but could not stop it because so many people were benefitting from the trade.
The treatment of slaves were inhuman and debasing as they were whipped deprived of food made to move about naked, and a lot of other injustice.
Hence, his letter was directed to white Christians who could stop the slave trade.
