Question

Read the passage from olaudah equiano’s autobiography. The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us. The air soon became unfit for respiration from a variety of loathsome smells, and brought on a sickness among the slaves, of which many died. . . The shrieks of the women, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole a scene of horror almost inconceivable. What is the main idea described in the text? deaths of enslaved people occurred on slave ships. Slave ships were crowded, yet cool places. The existence of human suffering filled slave ships. Slaves were confined to small and dark places.

Answer 1

C. The existence of human suffering filled slave ships

Answer 2

The main idea expressed in this passage is the existence of human suffering filled slave ships.

The parts of this passage that makes this answer most appropriate includes:

• The closeness and the heat in the ship.
• The crowded room that made turning impossible.
• The unfit air in the room for breathing
• The bad smells.
• The dying and the sick people aboard.
• The writer described the place as a place of horror.

All of these goes to show that the writer Olaudah was trying to give a description of the human suffering that was existent in the slave ships that were on their way to America.

Who was Olaudah Equiano?

Olaudah was a slave that was taken from Africa. He was a writer and also an abolitionist.  He became a slave at the age of 11 after he was kidnapped in Africa.

He received little education and was able to buy his freedom back from his master later in life.

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