The purpose of his story is to make known the kidnapping by the natives, the dangerous journey to the European ships and the mistreatment that occurred during the journey to the West Indies. He provides first-hand evidence of the corruption that occurred among the slaves. The life of Gustavas Vassa is told through the perspective of an enslaved African. Equiano shares multiple secondhand experiences of other slaves as if they were his own to inform the reader of the cruelty that surrounded him. For example, he tells his readers about a terrible event that occurred upon their arrival in Barbados. Equiano tells us that slaves were once forced into a room where slave owners brutally chose which slave they wanted most. Equiano saw families and close friends torn apart and sold to separate buyers, never to be seen again. He brings awareness to this vicious reality by relying on his Christianity to survive. He followed with “Why parents must lose their children, brothers their sisters, their husbands their wives. Definitely, this is a