Frederick Douglass and Olaudah Equiano

Mahatma Gandhi once said, "The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall...freedom and slavery are mental states." This simple quote symbolizes the lives of Frederick Douglass and Olaudah Equiano. Both of which were slaves who tried to free themselves. Both Douglass and Equiano have wrote a narrative about their lives, however, each one is different in its own unique way. From the bonds of slavery on …

…the coloring of imagination." In closing Olaudah Equiano's account of his sometime uncivilized treatment of his life story stresses the experiences of the voiceless millions who also made the journey from Africa to America. The importance that still holds true today that is so near and dear to the majority of the African American, society that through hard work and our faith in God, we will over come our agonies and press on with triumph!