Use the quotation and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question. “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 shrieks of the women, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole a scene of horror almost inconceivable.” –the interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano what does the quote describe? a. conditions aboard a slave ship headed towards africa b. conditions aboard an immigrant ship crossing the atlantic c. conditions aboard a slave ship headed towards the americas d. conditions aboard a merchant ship crossing the atlantic

The correct answer is C.

Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797) was a Nigerian writer and the first person to publish his memoirs as a testimony of his life as a slave, after being kidnapped from his home in Nigeria when he was 11 years old. He was able to receive a proper education,  and when he could obtain his freedom he intensively participated in  abolitionist movements. Moreover, he made his most personal contribution by writing his memoirs containing all that he lived and witnessed.

After a trip across the Ocean he arrived to colonial Virginia, where he was sold to his first master. The excerpt included in this questions pertains to the chapter of his memoirs where he describes this first trip accross the Ocean, after being captured from his hometown in Nigeria.

it would be C. conditions aboard a slave ship headed towards the Americas