Olaudah Equiano and William Bradford had fairly different purposes for writing. Equiano wrote narratives and described many horrific things he went through as a slave in detail. His purpose could have been to oppose pro-slave propaganda because it made people see how awful it was. William Bradford on the other hand, mostly wrote in journals. His purpose was most likely to inform future generations of his experiences of his part in the migration to Holland and the voyage to Plymouth. Olaudah Equiano’s intended audience in his writing was most likely political leaders who were debating slave trade at the time or even just anyone who was pro-slavery. His narrative describes his experiences in such horrific ways and he even compares himself
