Equiano, the Slave Capitalist While the validity of his narrative is still widely debated today, Olaudah Equiano's compelling Narrative of the Life provides “insight into the dynamics of slavery, the slave trade, and the abolition movement” By traveling back to the 17th century, the reader experiences first-hand the life of a young slave who opened his eyes to the world and provides reasonable supporting arguments of the abolition of slavery in the aspects of human acceptance, morality, trade economy and freedom of religion that he shared with his white landowning counterparts. During the 17th century self-proclaimed superior white explorers had seen a profitable opportunity to display their superiority by snatching young Africans from their families and selling them into slavery solely on the basis of their seemingly inferior dark skin tone. Unjustly, based on no evidence, Africans like the Equianos were viewed as uncivilized, barbaric, and non-human by wealthy Europeans. Equiano in his story convinces his readers to remove any injustice and discrimination against Africans based solely on skin color. Just because Africans were simply not aware of European society and other cultures. Europeans should remember that their ancestors were once "uncivilized and even barbaric." It is a common misconception that white skin tone is seen as superior, but this is far from the case, changes in our skin tone are a product of our surroundings, from Darwin's evolutionary ideologies we can draw the conclusion that if our ancestors date back to warm tropical climates, their skin will have a darker tone to absorb more of the sun's pressure being exerted... middle of paper... helps boost the world economy by promising virtually unlimited growth and prosperity, if the British saw Africa as a trading partner rather than a source of free labor. A trading relationship with Africa would open the doors to immense wealth opportunities for the much more industrialized Britain. As an ever-expanding market for textiles and other handmade goods, treated as humans of equal value, they would become very valuable customers and many local goods could be traded. Furthermore, African land is fruitful in terms of mineral resources and resources of the African continent and offers great opportunities to the most advanced economies. “The hidden treasures of centuries” would be available for European exploitation. "The industrial interest and the general interest are synonymous. The abolition of slavery would actually be a universal good." (Citation)