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My experience of reading Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, was very influential. ... Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, kept my interest like no other written book of history.
The authors detail of events such as the loss of loved ones to slave auction, death in the family, the other slaves’ struggle for freedom and her own struggle to be with her children and away from her sexually harassing master, built compassion in the reader for the author. Linda Brent’s life experience was not only an inspiration to other female slaves in the 19th century but also to modern women going through, what feels like, a never-ending struggle. ... She took back what should have been hers from birth, her right to work for whomever she chose, her body, and her life.
Harriet Jacobs’, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, gave the world an uncensored answer to questions asked about the life of a female slave from childhood to womanhood. ... ” (Jacobs, 22)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, take place during the 19th century.
Approximate Word count = 905
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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