what do you think the public of equiano day learned about the “accursed trade” of slavery that it may not have known before reading this narrative

I think that this is as much about Equiano as an individual as it is about him as a slave. Learning about Equiano the man is just as interesting as what he went through. The book's main narrative is that of a man who is allowed no identity early in life, but perseveres to shape one in spite of the world.