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Harriet Jacobs Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl

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Ahmed Mahmood Jasim
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
“They lived together in a comfortable home; and, though we were all slaves, I was so fondly shielded that I never dreamed I was a piece of merchandise, trusted to them for safe keeping, and liable to be demanded of them at any moment.” (Harriet Jacobs, p. 7)
In this quote Linda’s doesn’t know that is she is a slave until she becomes six years old; she lives with her mother and father who were married. In her infancy, as well as in her later life, she profited from the support that is provided by her parents. Although her parents die when she is young, her grandmother remain the central figure in her life, supporting her needs, and guidance. land's realization that she is a slave that is really terrible her and really, she cannot change this fact. At the end of the novel when She is finally freed by the second Mrs. Bruce, she reiterates her amazement that a human could ever be seen as merely a thing to be bought and sold. …show more content…

This quote is awful because how degrading bondage would turn anyone into a weak person, even in a physical sense. Also, this quote exposes the writer’s personal struggles under slavery and as a central theme throughout her narrative. In Jacobs’ narration, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl carries the reader through a chain of events of one woman’s birth into bondage, her sufferings under that corrupted system, and the manner in which she is eventually able to free herself and all her family members from slavery and make a new life in the North. Linda wants to liberate herself spiritually and

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