Equiano and Smith

Compare Equiano to Venture Smith. Both are Africans brought over to America to be slaves. Do they share the same views? How do they differ?

Equiano and Venture Smith both had a similar background and childhood. Although they were brought over to America to be slaves they were two different people who didn't approach life the same way once they earned (bought) their freedom.

Equiano was a lot more descriptive about his journeys and home town then Venture Smith was. Equiano takes time talking about his village and how he grew up and it seems as if he was very attached to his family and friends back home; this didn't seem as important to Venture Smith. Equiano also explains in great detail the trip from Africa to America where he just like Venture Smith was kidnapped to become a slave.

Equiano's experience as a slave in general was quite different then Venture's because Venture had gone straight to America but Equiano was in parts of Africa before he went to Barbados and N. America.

Equiano's experience as a slave was very different then Venture’s because unlike Venture who went directly to North America, Equiano was in different parts of Africa before he went to North America and Barbados and he spent a good amount of time in England in Europe. Another significant difference between the two was that money was everything to Venture Smith once he was a free man but it wasn't everything for Equiano. He wasn't as obsessed about it as Venture.