Chapter 11 Summary and Analysis

Reluctantly, Equiano takes another sea voyage, this time to Cadiz. En route, the ship hits a rock and nearly sinks, but Equiano is unafraid to die and he amazes others with his calmness. The ship's crew is joined by another crew and together the crews free the ship and it gets repaired. On the way back from Cadiz, Equiano has a dream that a little boat will be discovered by the crew, and sure enough, the next day the crew happens upon a little lifeboat with eleven near-dead men packed in it. Equiano's crew saves the men, and they thank God for their deliverance.

Back in London, Equiano's hairdressing master, Dr. Irving, purchases a sloop and means to sail to Jamaica to start a plantation. Irving asks Equiano to go, and he consents to the voyage, believing it might be an...