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Analysis Of Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl

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The book “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” showed the female perspective on slavery, female suffering and oppression not only from the point of view of the distant observer but from the perspective of the person directly participating in those events. The period of slavery was long lasting in America until its abolition after the end of the American Civil War in 1865 finally granting freedom and independence to slaves. Many literary works have been written about slavery and experiences of slaves but few resources are available presenting slavery through the eyes of females rather than males. On the one hand, slavery was terrible and distressing for both men and women, but women experienced sexual exploitation and oppression in addition
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