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[Sara @Sara__smc]

@aredenoebok06 @JasSeng103 yea i agree, especially with his letter to the queen at the end, I feel like #equiano is trying to force the white englishmen to reflect on their impact on the persistence of the cycle of slavery #103smc

[Sara @Sara__smc]

@apupiloffreire Yea I also was taken aback by his vague stance on the matter, I feel like this combined with his steep influence of his master's capitalist mindset almost indoctrinated him in bad practices w/o his awareness #103smc #equiano

[Sara @Sara__smc]

What was Equiano's intention in including the letter to the Queen right after the long couple of pages detailing the Bible and its application to slavery? #103smc #equiano

[Sara @Sara__smc]

The line, "To the honour of humanity, I knew several
gentlemen who managed their estates in this manner;
and they found that benevolence was their true interest" (13) stood out to me because of its connection to capitalism #103smc #equiano

[Sara @Sara__smc]

How was Equiano's baptism not only a cornerstone for his life as a free man but also a form of oppression? (149) #103smc #equiano

[Sara @Sara__smc]

On page 38 #equiano highlights how "the white people looked and acted... in so a savage manner" What's the significance of such a statement? #103smc

[Sara @Sara__smc]

The line “All of our industry is exerted to improve those blessings of nature” (122) really stood out to me because of how he shows readers the regressive and hypocritical nature of both the British slave trade and industrialization #103smc #equiano

[Sara @Sara__smc]

I found Equiano's language much more accessible to the everyday reader than the white authors we read for Wednesday which were very aristocratic and overly saturated with flowery imagery/rhetoric #103smc #equiano

[Sara @Sara__smc]

@JasSeng103 Yea and although Yearsley criticizes the christian slave owners, she still promotes the white savior mentality of needing to be the "hero" that saves the slaves #103smc #abolition

[Sara @Sara__smc]

@JasSeng103 Yea I had the same interpretation and I couldn't tell if it was just because of my modern perspective or if back then these sentiments would be read the same #103smc #abolition

[Sara @Sara__smc]

In Cowper's "Negro's Complaint" the lines "Fleecy locks and black complexion/ Cannot forfeit nature's claim;/ Skins may differ, but affection/ Dwells in white and black the same." stood out to me as indicative of his appeal to a white audience #103smc #abolition

[Sara @Sara__smc]

I thought it was weird how Cowper compares slaves with animals "thrusts out his paws" (line 23) because it felt contradictory to promote these "savage" and "animalistic" stereotypes #103smc #abolition

[Sara @Sara__smc]

What are the greater implications of the repetition of Nature in both More and Yearsley's poems? #103smc #abolition

[Sara @Sara__smc]

@monroemadison4 Yea I was confused too, I thought he maybe was just symbolizing the “tow’r” stature as like a feminine trait? But I feel it could be something else #103smc #milton

[Sara @Sara__smc]

Is there a Cultura reflection of the prejudice against Islamic states in paralleling satan to “of their great sultan” (1023, line 348) #103smc #milton

[Sara @Sara__smc]

@monroemadison4 I also highlighted that quote and another which follows “better to reign in Hell than serve in Heav’n” (1021 line 263) which I found interesting because they both seem to call out the perceptions as some sort of spiritual blindness of the other worlds #103smc #milton

[Sara @Sara__smc]

@monroemadison4 Yea it’s making me think of grendel and caliban and how they were written very clearly as antagonists but our modern view changes interpretation drastically #103smc #milton

[Sara @Sara__smc]

What’s the significance of the color imagery on pg 1020 lines 175-182 and pg 1022 line 306 ? The color red seems to be used quite negatively and positively in the text #103smc #milton

[Sara @Sara__smc]

Was god expecting / prepared for ppl to disobey? What are the implications of this? (1019, lines 70-71) #103smc #milton

[Sara @Sara__smc]

“Happy state” not place **

[Sara @Sara__smc]

Is that “happy place” (1018, line 29) symbolic for innocence or ignorance ? #103smc #milton