I believe that the slaves in this story were terrified. I believe this due to the fact that if they were caught they would be beaten or even killed. In the Interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah  Equiano he describes the emotions of being terrified. He talks about how night was approaching and it was aggravating all of his fears.  He figured if he could escape all the animals from the woods, he could not escape those of mankind, thus feeling like a hunted deer. He was faced with the obstacles of trying to run without getting caught, finding his way home without getting lost in the woods, and not dying.

     I believe that Olaudah  Equiano was emotionally terrified in this story. From the beginning of the passage that I have read Olaudah talks about laying in bushes and shrubberies to conceal himself from strictest search. He mentions how the neighbors continued looking for him the whole day and several times coming within yards to where he lay and hid. He was fearful that if caught he would be punished by the Master. He also mentions the neighbor’s talks about him returning home would be hopeless. They talked about the distance was to great, and the way being to intricate, that he would never reach it and would get lost in the woods. When night began to fall it aggravated all of his fears. He did not believe his journey home would be fruitless and believed if he could escape all other animals, he could not escape those of Human. Thus making Olaudah  Equiano feel like a hunted deer. Throughout this passage Olaudah Equiano describes different scenarios of why he was feeling the way he did at that present moment. All he wanted to do was return home but he was faced with numerous obstacles from being hunted like deer from the whole neighborhood, the fear of being caught and punished by master, the fear of get lost in the woods and not finding his way home, to the fear of escaping all other animals only to being caught by humans.