The fact that he acquired his literacy while still serving as a slave adds authority and authenticity to his narrative. Equiano's literature considered the social conditions of the time thus strengthening his vision of history. His book mainly focuses on the social structure during the period of the slave trade. As a result of his narrative an abolitionist movement is revealed in which he was well described through his personal experience (Equiano 104). Equiano's literacy contributed greatly to the abolitionist movement due to his elite participation in it. Although his short story was not the first to be published, it was significant because of his status as a former black slave and the fact that he wrote his book without any assistance from a white publisher. This shows that Africans have the capacity to be literate and the intelligence to use it politically. This disproved the assumption that Africans cannot receive instruction. It also shows that the intellectual capacity between whites and blacks is the