Equiano titles his "interesting", what might readers of the 1700s have found interesting? is it still interesting today?

sorry i really dont know

religion played a major role in the american revolution by offering a moral sanction for opposition to the british--an assurance to the average american that revolution was justified in the sight of god. the revolution strengthened millennialist strains in american.

the answer is mass marketing.

uncle sam would be tossing and turning in his grave : *)