Anаlyzing / Recоmmended Time: 25–30 minutes Instructiоns: Answer оnly the prompt connected to the text you were аssigned in your group. Equiаno How does Equiano use narrative structure and personal experience to argue for the humanity and rationality of enslaved people? Discuss: One key episode from his narrative How Equiano balances emotion with reason Why this approach would matter to an eighteenth‑century audience Wheatley How does Wheatley navigate the tension between Christian faith, classical learning, and enslavement in her poetry? Analyze: How her poetic voice establishes authority The risks and limitations of her position How her work challenges assumptions about race and intellect Jacobs How does Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl redefine ideas of freedom, morality, and resistance? Discuss: How gender shapes Jacobs’s narrative Why privacy, domestic space, and silence matter How her strategy differs from male slave narratives Douglass How does Douglass portray literacy and self‑education as both empowering and dangerous? Analyze: One moment where knowledge creates conflict How Douglass links education to freedom Why his narrative voice is particularly forceful Important: Demonstrate familiarity through specific moments and ideas.