Personal narratives of slaves are rare, and it is therefore a crucial source for analyzing reactions to the objectification of slaves in the slave trade. Equiano was a slave in Virginia for a short time, but the majority of his slave life was in the service of slave ship captains and British naval vessels. Due to spending longer on a slave ship, Equiano had far more exposure to the transatlantic slave trade than any other slave, allowing us to examine a slave's perspective in more depth. Following his life story can allow us to trace his experiences and thoughts that may not be reported by the drivers of the slave trade, where the majority of information about the slave trade comes from..