19. Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African is a slave narrative. For what purpose were slave narratives published during Equiano's lifetime? to show the spiritual growth facilitated by surviving slavery
to influence the treatment of Native people by whites in America
to boast of the personal achievements of slaves who became writers
to persuade readers to abolish the Atlantic slave trade