Think about this rather surprising statement: It has been suggested that Olaudah Equiano may not have been
born in Africa, but in South Carolina. If this were true, does his birthplace change the way we read and
evaluate this memoir? Does this possibility affect its viability or reliability as a source on slavery and the slave
trade?
This essay should be written in third person. Please avoid both first person (I, we, our, etc.) and second person
(you, your). information from your various sources. You should use the online APUS library to look for scholarly
sources that supplement your own position as clarified in the thesis. Be careful that you don’t create a "cut and
paste" paper of information from your various sources. Your ideas are to be new and freshly constructed. Also,
take great care not to plagiarize.
Course Textbook
Perkins, George and Barbara Perkins, Eds. The American Tradition in Literature. Vol. 2, 12th ed. Boston:
McGraw Hill. Creat eText. http://create.mcgraw-hill.com.
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