Life of the Olaudah Equiano and Pontiac Speeches In the speech by Equiano, he talked about the auction slave trade. At the auction he describes how the slaves are only together for a short period of time until it is time to be bought. Once the auction begins the buyers will come and bid on slaves they want. Equiano then describes how the slaves feel when families are divided and friendships torn apart because the slaves are sold to different people. The aspect of slavery that Equiano emphasizes on is how families can be taken away from one another. I believe he addresses this point mainly because he has experienced this kind of situation before. He knows how it feels to struggle without the love one near. In the speech by Pontiac, he talks