This video explains of the life as a slave for Equiano. While he and his younger sister were enslaved, he was sold 10 times and changed his name 3 times. He explains about his feelings when he was in the slave boat. He was at first astonished but then terrified when he rode the ship from Africa to America. When he was sent down the deck, he had smelled a stench he had never before. He explains that some, who would rather die than live this life, jumped off the boat to suicide. And then, more started jumping. The white people then tried to get the blacks back. 2 drowned, but the rest were brought up and given horrible punishments.
This is one of the many posters used to advertise slave auctions.