Kunta Kinte and Gustavus Vassa

Among the most haunting features of the early Ameri enkindle hi news report was the debate on the issue of striverry. thrall was indeed the major cause of the the Statesn urbane War that almost separate the safe and sound United States (Polchin). The Black and White conflict persisted to exist until two sides had fin ally accepted a reconciliation that ended the long years of struggle to unify the whole America and consolidate its population (Anderson).As how others have al ways said, there is really no master in any warfare but only victims. The hostilities that slavery inflicted in the American history would not be disregarded for it would always remind the government and the people about the importance of unity and adoption notwithstanding the differences the people may have.On the other hand, no matter how people would assert that all participants of the American Civil War were victims, surely there was a party who absorbed much of the wars consequences. Between the Black s and Whites, it was the Blacks who suffered and endured much of the implications of slavery. This was primarily due to the fact that the Blacks were the very ones who were discriminated, marginalized, tortured, demoralized and persecuted the Whites were hailed as the A-one ones (Anderson).The Blacks had centuries of affliction and resistance against the by-products of slavery. They were not given the rights to decide for themselves. They were employed as mere properties that can be sell or traded by their masters (Polchin). They were flogged, brutally and cruelly mistreated. For the Blacks, slavery was a disease or much worse a curse a curse that would continue to deteriorate their bloodline if they were not going to find a way to cure it. Certainly, there were many attempts to obliterate slavery, of course, led by the Blacks. They did everything that they perceive to be effective in order to eradicate discrimination against their race and abolish laws that built the evils of sl avery.Analysis between Lives of Kinte and VassaObviously, the two protagonists were Blacks. The only difference was that Kinte was a character portrayed in a story while Vassa, whose real epithet was Olaudah Equiano was not a character drawn from a story or novel. They have the very(prenominal) roots ( being Blacks) and same situation (where slavery was dominant). twain of them experienced being harshly discriminated.Kinte was held captured by White men and was roughly dejected (Haley). The same thing happened to Vassa. They were physically injured. provided what really wounded them was the fact that they cannot do anything but to endure their sufferings because there was no way that they can claim to alter what was happening in their lives such as rights.Thrashing, flogging, and battering were only the initial insult and abuse that Kinte and Vassa experienced. What hurt them was the truth that anything can be taken away from them, even their lives and identities. Their names w ere changed upon they were sold or traded. Kintes name was changed to Toby (Haley) while the name Gustavus Vassa replaced Olaudah Equiano (Equiano). They served and do everything that their masters told them to do so. They lived their lives the slave way.Nonetheless, Kinte and Vassa had attempted to free themselves from slavery. Though Kinte was never really became prospered in overcoming or liberating himself from the objects of slavery, he do sure that his daughter Kizzy (Keisha) would not forget their origins and their authentic identities.Hence, when Kinte died, her daughter was so proud of his father and became obdurate to follow his fathers ideologies (which was directed against slavery). The scene wherein Kizzy erased the slave name of his father (as Toby) and replaced it with his real name which was Kunta Kinte symbolized that even though Kinte did not really accomplished his political purpose, he was still become successful because he was able to make her daughter value his ultimate goal in life (Haley).On the other hand, Vassa was more fortunate than Kinte because he was able to express his political ideologies against slavery. His books narrated what slavery brought upon the Blacks and how it divided the United States. He used his works to enlighten the government and the people about the inequalities that the former America had been patronizing.As an abolitionist, he strongly advocated for the abolition of the slavery, which was considered legal and was believed to be a right of the Whites (Equiano). Though his writings became effective tools in empowering America about the evils of slavery, he failed to see the dawn of the fall of slavery honorable like how he failed to complete his journey back to his homeland.ConclusionTo sum up, Kinte and Vassa were both Black slaves. They had the same experiences and the same sentiments concerning the issue of slavery. Their ways in overcoming such slavery were somewhat performed in different ways but ha d the same impact. Their political stand against slavery was fundamentally directed towards the equality between the Whites and the Blacks.Both believe that every one regardless of their color must be given equal rights and opportunities. To end, though Kinte and Vassa died without really being able to see the products of their endeavors, their legacy would remain in the hearts of their families and fellow people who were inspired by their remarkable examples.Works CitedAnderson, Claud. Black Labor, White Wealth The Search for Power and stinting Justice. Powernomics Corporation of America, 1994.Equiano, Olaudah. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vass, the African. NuVision Publications, 2007.Haley, Alex. Roots The Saga of an American Family. Vanguard Press, 2007.Polchin, Peter. American Slavery 1619-1877. Hill and Wang, 2003.