OLAUDA WAS A PRINCE WHO WAS KIDNAPPED INTO SLAVERY. BUT OLAUDA WAS KIND OF LUCKY AT THE SAME TIME. DONT GET ME WRONG HE WASNT LUCKY TO BE A SLAVE BECAUSE THAT WAS A HORRIBLE LIFESTYLE. BUT HE WAS LUCKY TO BE A CHILD AT THE TIME AND WAS BLESSED TO BE ON THE DECK WITH FRESH AIR INSTEAD OF BEING ON THE BOTTOM WITH THE REST OF THE SLAVES. BECASUE THERE WERE MANY PROBLEMS THAT WERE FACED JUST BY RIDING AT THE BOTTOM. TRAVELING BY BOAT IN THE SUMMER ON THE BOTTOM COAST OF AFRICA ITS EXTREMELY HOT YOU HAVE A BOAT LOAD OF SLAVES CHANGED TOGETHER THAT MADE EVEN MORE HOT THAN IT ALREADY IS. THEN THERE ARE NO BATHROOMS SO YOU WERE FORCE TO USE IT ON YOURSELF AND YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE HORRIBLE SMELL. THEN WITH ALL OF THIS GOING ON YOU ARE STUCK WITH LITTLE WATER AND LITTLE FOOD IF ANY WAS PROVIDED. SO THATS WHY I SAY OLAUDA WAS LUCKY BUT ALONG THE WAY HE BEGAN TO THINK THINGS WERE MAGIC. SO YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT HE IS A CHILD AND ANYTHING NEW COULD HAVE APPEAR TO BE MAGIC JUST THINK ABOUT THE TIMES YOU WERE LITTLE AND BELIEVED IN MAGIC. SO HE JUST WAS EXPERIENCING THINGS HE NEVER SAW BEFORE LIKE THE FLYING FISH, HE SEEN CLOUDS THAT APPEARED TO BE LAND NOW ON THIS PART THAT COULD BE HIS MIND PLAYING TRICKS ON HIM FROM BEING HUNGRY AND TIRED. BUT IF I WAS IN HIS SHOES I DONT KNOW HOW I WOULD HAVE HANDLE THINGS I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE JUMPED OVER BOARD LIKE THE OTHER TWO ONCE I REALIZE I WAS A SLAVE. THEN LAST I WOULD HAVE DIED TRYING TO KILL THE MASTER AND FREE US ALL.