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    12/4/14 Harriet Jacobs a former slave and author of Incidents in the life of a slave girl began working on her autobiography while she lived in Rochester‚ New York in the year 1853. It takes Jacobs five years to finish writing the accounts of her life‚ but when she finishes she tells a completely different story from those that were written from the male perspective‚ where narratives focused mainly on the physical abuse of slavery. Jacobs tells the story of “Linda Brent” a slave who endures the

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    This paper is a comparative evaluation I did between the autobiographical experiences of two former slavesHarriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs and the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass‚ were both written during the same time period (the former in 1861‚ the latter in1856). These two books are compelling works of African American Literature. They are depressing but at the same time hopeful‚ discouraging but

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    Reading Response 1 1/28/10 “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” is an autobiography written by Harriet Jacobs and narrated through her alter ego Linda Brent. Brent was a female born into slavery in a small southern town during the 1820’s. This was a time in the United States in which many white southerners bought into and exploited the lucrative business of slave trading and slave labor. Throughout her text Brent explains not only the hardships of growing up as a slave but specifically the awfulness

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    Harriet’s life‚ she lived in constant fear of every white person alive. In other stories‚ like the film “12 Years A Slave”‚ we watch an African American slowly capitulate to the power of white supremacy. Nevertheless‚ we do not see or hear how Solomon Northup‚ a free black man forced into slavery‚ fears all the white people around him. Yes‚ Solomon expresses signs of defeat through his facial expressions and limp gait‚ but we cannot fully understand how insecure he feels. In contrast‚ Harriet Jacobs’

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    Biography and History: Harriet Jacob’s The Life of a Slave Girl To be a good writer‚ you must possess a careful balance between detachment and association‚ a delicate waltz where you are not so wrapped up in the events of a story that it alienates the reader‚ and yet not so far separated from the subject matter that the readers cannot get into it. This is espectially the case in an autobiographical narrative. In this case‚ it is very difficult to detach yourself from the main subject matter

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    Essential themes from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Harriet Jacobs used the pseudonym‚ Linda Brent... Harriet Jacobs was born a slaver in 1813 in North Carolina. Her earliest memories were of a relatively happy family life‚ “fondly shielded... never dreamed that I was a piece of meat.” This was largely due to her father’s reputation as (though a slave) a man of intellect and skill‚ and talents and optimism of her warm‚ nurturing grandmother. At six years old‚ she grieved her

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    Douglass and Harriet Jacobs are two authors with very similar backgrounds. Both Douglass and Jacobs were slaves‚ and both wrote about the accounts they went through while enslaved. Jacobs views are expressed in "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave‚" and Jacobs views in "Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl. Douglass’s work is directed towards anyone willing to listen‚ and emphasized the fact that slavery was evil and dehumanized those of the African American race. Jacobs aims

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    In the book Incident in the life of a slave‚ Linda battles with slavery. Linda is a strong black female. She stood up for what she believed in and she was very determined to get freedom. Slaves were considered property‚ and sexual favors of slave women were often associated with their masters. Linda denied Dr. Flint‚ when he tired to have a sexual relationship with her‚ when Linda was 15 years old Dr. Flint started to raped her. He threatens to kill her grandmother if she tries to tell her. I feel

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    evil of humanity and hide to keep everyone around them free and safe like in “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.” Whatever it is‚ the people of this are resilient to the very end. The end is

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    Harriet Jacobs Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl and Phillis Wheatley On Being Brought From AFRICA To AMERICA‚ both seem to slap reality into their audience’s faces. These two female authors set a pathway for so many other authors‚ who were also slaves‚ in order for their side of the story to be told. Their stories were so inspirational that they inspired so many generations to come. These two authors really push the idea of being equal and freedom throughout their text; however‚ Phillis Wheatley

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