Topic > Comparison between Rowlandson and Equiano and the dangers of slavery

In Rowlandson's slave narrative; before being captured, she lives a joyful life with her loving husband and numerous children. Rowlandson's life before imprisonment is everything a woman could want. As soon as she is captured, however; she is forced to face her worst nightmare, the evil livelihood of the Indians. During Rowlandson's telling, she recalls a rather horrific event in which the Indians killed and burned a woman and her son because she continually asked to go home, and eventually attempted to leave not wanting to spend another second among the Indians. . “…after they had done this, they made a fire and put them both in it…” (Rowlandson 131). Once Rowlandson witnesses this, along with the horrific actions done by the Indians in her village, Rowlandson officially has a complete understanding of how barbaric the Indians actually are. Rowlandson is personally taken from a place of protected innocence (her home) and forced to directly confront the barbaric Indians by being forced to be their slave. While a slave, Rowlandson is forced to carry her mistress's belongings, regardless of whether the weight was excessive. However, Rowlandson is not the only person forced to face some evils of slavery, Equiano also has similar evils