Evidence 1: Venture’s narration that “They [enemy] then went on to the next district which was contiguous to the sea, called in Africa, Anamaboo. . . . The inhabitants knowing what conduct they had pursued, and what were their present intentions, improved the favorable opportunity, attacked them, and took enemy, prisoners, flocks and all their effects. I was then taken a second time. All of us were then put into the castle, and kept for market” in Document 3.1: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture

Evidence 2: Phillips’s description of slave trading: “When we were at the trunk, the king’s slaves, if he had any, were the first offer’d to sale, which the cappasheirs would be very urgent with us to buy, and would in a manner force us to it ere they would shew us any other” in Document 3.2: Voyage of the Hannibal

Evidence 3: Bosman’s description of slave trading: “The disputes which we generally have with the owners of these slaves are, that we will not give them such goods as they ask for them, . . . because those slaves which are paid for in boesies cost the company one half more than those bought with other goods” in Document 3.3: A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea

Evidence 4: Olaudah’s description “Every circumstance I met with served only to . . . heighten my apprehensions, and my opinion of the cruelty of the whites . . . and some of my countrymen, being pressed by hunger, took an opportunity . . . of trying to get a little [food] privately; but they were discovered, and the attempt procured them some very severe floggings” in Source 3.4: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Evidence 1: Venture’s statement that “Upon turning out those articles . . . the enemy pledged their faith and honor that they would not attack him. . . . But their pledges of faith and honor proved no better than those of other unprincipled hostile nations” in Document 3.1: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture

Evidence 2: “Capt. Clay and I had agreed to go to the trunk to buy the slaves by turns, each his day, that we might have no distraction or disagreement in our trade, . . . the blacks well knowing how to make the best use of such opportunities, and as we found make it their business, and endeavor to create and foment misunderstandings and jealousies between commanders” in Document 3.2: Voyage of the Hannibal

Evidence 3: Bosman’s description of slave trading: “The disputes which we generally have with the owners of the slaves are, that we will not give them such goods as they ask for them, . . . because those slaves which are paid for in boesies cost the company one half more than those bought with other goods” in Document 3.3: A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea

Evidence 4: Olaudah’s statements that “The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, . . . almost suffocated us. . . . and brought on a sickness among the slaves, of which many died, thus falling victims to the improvident avarice, as I may call it, of their purchasers” in Document 3.4: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Evidence 1: Venture’s narration that “I then had a rope put about my neck, as had all the women in the thicket with me, and were immediately led to my father, who was likewise pinioned and haltered for leading” in Document 3.1: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture

Evidence 2: Phillips’s narration: “When we came to the palace . . . we were met at the entrance by several cappasheirs . . . when we enter’d the palace-yard they all fell on their knees near the door of the room where the king was, clapping their hands” in Document 3.2: Voyage of the Hannibal

Evidence 3: Bosman’s narration that “When . . . we treat concerning buying them, they are all brought out together in a large plain; where, by our surgeons, who province it is, they are thoroughly examined, even to the smallest member, and that naked too both men and women, without the least distinction or modesty. . . . In the meanwhile, a burning iron, with the arms or name of the companies, lies in the fire, with which ours are marked on the breast” in Document 3.3: A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea

Evidence 4: Olaudah’s description that “In this manner we continued to undergo more hardships than I can now relate, hardships which are inseparable from this accursed trade. Many a time we were near suffocation from the want of fresh air, which we were often without for whole days together. This, and the stench of the necessary tubs, carried off many” in Document 3.4: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano