Assignment task: The Slave Narrative Genre consists of a few standard conventions that were established by the narrative of Olaudah Equiano:
- Scene of the capture/family separation
- Scene of the realization of your enslaved state
- Learning to read
- Religious conversion
- Scene of gaining your freedom
These conventions are used as both biographical elements and rhetorical structures to argue for the abolition of slavery.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Compare these genre conventions in the work of Olaudah Equiano and Harriett Jacobs.
2. After this comparison, assess which Slave Narrative you find to be more compelling/convincing, and tell me why.