Bury the Chains: Pages 167-174, 192-198

Equiano writes a book. That can basically summarize the first 8 pages of the chapter, Equiano writes a book, captivating, motivating and encouraging. Basically, Equiano wrote a book and it reached a wide audience, his book came out during the strongest efforts of the abolition movement. The Parliament was already heated on the topic, the Queen has received letters to abolish slavery and now Equiano put out this book that captivated hearts. Finally people got to see what it was like from a slaves perspective. The book sold many copies and was widely read.
The Sugar boycott seems to be what the second half of our reading is about. The sugar boycott was when whites protested against eating sugar and sugar saw their sales spike downward. The white people boycotted sugar because of information seen in pamphlets and other such propaganda. But the truly amazing part is that never before have we seen such a boycott, even women were boycotting sugar. It is as if women felt even more pity for the black slaves because they to have been subjugated against. Women have forever been subordinate to men throughout history and this is the womens turn to stand up and help out another's cause.