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Chapter 1

• The author wishes to avoid boring the reader or seeming dull, which are both dangers for autobiographies.

• The author remembers his childhood in a district called Eboe in the kingdom of Benin in the African area called Guinea.

• Equiano's father was a village elder, called Embrenche.

• Equiano expected to become an Embrenche himself when he was an adult.

• Of all crimes in Eboe society, adultery was considered to be among the worst, punishable by death.
• The people of Eboe live a simple life based around agriculture.

• The people of Eboe greatly enjoy music and dance, which are important in social events.

• The people of Eboe trade their agricultural products with people in neighboring regions.

• Slavery is a common part of the life of the region.

• Slaves are taken in battle or bartered for with other groups.

• Slaves are not expected to do more work than the people...

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