Harriet Jacobs Resilience

When strength is the only thing that a person possess, then how will they survive? A few individuals such as Harriet Jacobs, Margaret Garner, and Amanda America made a significant impact in American society. Slavery taught individuals to be strong, resilience, and fight against inequality. During this period, history was considered to be the period before the Civil War and the amount of people enslaved increased by the years. The differences between the events of Harriet Jacobs, Margaret Garner, and Amanda America is that their strength and resilience helped them push through. Harriet Jacobs would be the first to write a slave narrative. Jacobs slave owner taught her how to read and write. As a slave, she was forced to do tasks that she didn't want to partake in. The main importance of Harriet Jacobs was that she decided to leave with her children out of the city. Eventually, she had escaped slavery and was later freed. The next slave was Margaret Garner who was an African-American female who worked as a house slave for most of her life. She traveled with her masters …show more content…
The life of a slave was significantly impacted because she endured the uttermost difficulties. Civil Rights Movement was a time where it eliminated racial barriers, but it led America to transferred socially, politically, and culturally. From 1954-1968, this movement allowed African-Americans to fight against their ethical citizenship rights. Race has changed society in various way because it has affected the way individuals view other races. Since racism was a struggle for African-Americans this movement can connect with the aspect of prejudice and race issues. Slaves were brutally exploited by being whipped, mutilated, and imprisoned, which could be related to the injustices that African-Americans endured during the Civil Rights