What is Cugoano's approach to the topic of slavery in
this passage?

What is Cugoano's purpose in this passage?

The longer that men continue in the practice of evil and
wickedness, they grow the more abandoned; for nothing
in history can equal the barbarity and cruelty of the
tortures and murders committed under various pretences
in modern slavery, except the annals of the Inquisition
and the bloody edicts of Popish massacres.
- Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and
Wicked Traffic of the Slavery and Commerce of
the Human Species,
Quobna Ottobah Cugoano

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Answer:

The approach that the author has used in the given passage is by comparing slavery to well-known horrors.

The purpose of writing this passage is to explain that slavery is harmful to society.

Explanation:

The given text is taken from 'Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the  Slavery and Commerce ofthe Human Species' by Quobna Ottobah Cugoano. The essay contains the narrative of Cugoano and the evils of slavery.

In the given passage the approach that Cugoano has used is by comparing the evils of slavery with well-known horrors such as the annals of the inquisition and the bloody edicts of Popish Massacres. The author is comparing how continuing in evil of slavery equals to the Stalin's Postwar Inquisition of Jewish and Popish massacres in France  and England. The author is suggesting that slavery is equal to these horrors.

The purpose of Cugoano for writing thihs passages is to explain the damaging and detrimental affects of slavery to the society. The author is stating that those who continue in the evil of slavery they become more abandoned and isolated from the society. The tortures that slaves go through are barbarious and cruel and are harmful and thus needs to be abolished.

Cugoano's approach to the topic of slavery in  this passage is:

  • To let people know the horrors in slavery

According to the given question, we are asked to state Cugoano's approach to the topic of slavery in  this passage and his purpose of the passage.

As a result of this, we can see that from the given narration, the narrator talks about the horrors of slavery by comparing them to other well known horrors so that others could relate and se that slavery was indeed evil.

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