In the book he wrote, Equiano displayed his belief that free blacks often suffered worse conditions than slaves. In the W<span>est Indies, he met a free black </span>man<span> whose name was Joseph </span>Clipson<span>. </span>Clipson's<span> story was the basis of his realization. </span>Clipson<span> had freedom but was aggressively spoken to by a Bermuda captain who insisted that </span>Clipson<span> was a slave and that he had to take him to Jamaica. </span>Clipson protested but he was ignored and was forced to go aboard the captain's ship. Equiano wrote on his book that he had thought only slavery was dreadful, but the condition of a free negro was just as equally so. Their freedom was minimal and they lived in fear of constant abuses. There were no courts to listen to them and no law would protect their properties. When Equiano became a free black, he also encountered the same situation. Free blacks lived in an uncertain middle ground between slavery and freedom.<span> </span>
They no longer had trust in the Europeans and fought back.
The ruler provided military protection from the nobles land
I think it helped him make decisions as the President of America. His assignments before he became President were his stepping stones to address related problems. One example is his designation on providing rations during the war. His knowledge became helpful when he experienced the great depression. Although a lot would not agree to his resolution of giving higher tax, it was an end choice for him to recover the losses of the nation during the war.