The Word 'Interesting'

 When I first read the title of Equiano's autobiography the word interesting stuck out to me and sort of confused me. I didn't understand why he found the need to add it as a sort of 'disclaimer' that his life actually was interesting. In the final chapter of his book, the word is extremely abundant. However, it is now much more clear to me why. 

Equiano never raises a point to abolish all slavery, but rather to just abolish Transatlantic slavery and the kidnapping of Africans from their homes. I find this extremely interesting and would like to offer some possible insight of as to why. Mainly, I believe he did this because didn't want his ask to seem too large. I think he thought that slavery itself would never really be abolished altogether, but rather he could possibly get a small part of it gone. It makes me sad that it would have been so crazy for him at the time to want for all of slavery to be abolished. He felt he needed to use the word interesting in the title of his autobiography most likely because he thought without people wouldn't read it assuming it was uninteresting. Clearly there are not many other first hand perspectives on the The Middle Passage and Slave Trade and I found it to be extremely interesting and beneficial. It brings me deep sadness that at the time, English readers would have found it uninteresting or of little value.