Does Olaudah Equiano ever lie?
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Dr. Vincent Carretta, a University of Maryland English professor and author of a book and several papers on Equiano, says that he has discovered evidence showing that Equiano may have lied about his background and in fact never even crossed the Atlantic in a slave ship.

answer; the confederacy could afford to move a large number of prisoners hundreds of miles but could not afford to fee and house the prisoners;

swahili is an extremely rich and complex civilization, a set of ethnic groups articulated by a language and a series of cultural elements that fuse the african traditions, islam and indian culture. this growth was largely a result of the indian ocean trading network that brought in not just man-made riches, but also religious ideas, specifically islam, which had a significant impact on the local culture. furthermore, the development of the swahili language gave a common cultural unity to the people.