Chapter 4 Summary and Analysis

Three years pass. Equiano proves to be an able seaman, and he knows English quite well by now. While on shore, he visits a Miss Guerins who informs him he should be baptized or else he cannot get into heaven. At her insistence, Equiano is baptized.

Equiano accompanies his master on a journey to the Mediterranean. While on shore on way to Gibraltar, Equiano is told that someone knows his long-lost sister. He is taken to the woman, but she is not his sister. Equiano is next told that a ship is joining him, and on board is Richard Baker. His joy is short-lived, for Equiano learns that Richard Baker died in an expedition.

Equiano's ship stops at Barcelona, and he enjoys some time there, for the Spanish are very kind and they bring the ship all sorts of fruits and...