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What did Equiano find most repellent about the conditions below-decks?

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Georgia [21]2 years ago

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Equiano found the terrible stench the most repellent about the conditions below-decks.

To add, Olaudah Equiano, known in his lifetime as Gustavus Vassa was a prominent African in London, a freed slave who supported the British movement to end the slave trade.

"...the filth of the necessary tubs, into which the children often fell, and were almost suffocated."

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