Harriet Ann Jacobs was a slave abolitionist and author who was born into slavery. She wrote Incidents in the life of a slave girl as a narration of her time as a southern slave girl. The books falls in the genre of being an autobiography when it comes to the literary genres. The novel was written in the 1850s and first published in 1861, New York but has been revised through the years. Jacobs wrote this book to let people know that no slave story is an exaggeration and to highlight the many struggles a slave endures, particularly women slaves. Jacobs narration of Incidents in the life of a slave girl is a story about herself as a slave girl, under the name Linda Brent. The story takes place mainly in an unknown southern town, Boston, England
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She spares no expenses or details with her emotions and personal thoughts. “READER, be assured this narrative is no fiction. I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, strictly true” (Preface). Jacob uses clear and simple diction so that everyone can understand what she is writing about. She presented her story in an orderly fashion, starting with her childhood and ending with her adulthood. She repeatedly outlined her goals, wrote about the factors that led to her escape and mentioned the people who were there to help her or discouraged …show more content…
Those who thought that slaves were just their property and did not understand that slaves were human being too. That slaves were not just emotionless things used and designed to succumb to the masters every whim. She wanted the reader to understand that slaves were human beings and if not for the status would be just as any normal free person aside from the scorned skin colour, just like you and I. The people who never knew what life was from a slave's point of view and who had no clue as to the extent of their struggle. “Pity me, and pardon me, O virtuous reader! You never knew what it is to be a slave; to be entirely unprotected by law or custom; to have the laws reduce you to the condition of a chattel, entirely subject to the will of another”(page
She spares no expenses or details with her emotions and personal thoughts. “READER, be assured this narrative is no fiction. I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, strictly true” (Preface). Jacob uses clear and simple diction so that everyone can understand what she is writing about. She presented her story in an orderly fashion, starting with her childhood and ending with her adulthood. She repeatedly outlined her goals, wrote about the factors that led to her escape and mentioned the people who were there to help her or discouraged …show more content…
Those who thought that slaves were just their property and did not understand that slaves were human being too. That slaves were not just emotionless things used and designed to succumb to the masters every whim. She wanted the reader to understand that slaves were human beings and if not for the status would be just as any normal free person aside from the scorned skin colour, just like you and I. The people who never knew what life was from a slave's point of view and who had no clue as to the extent of their struggle. “Pity me, and pardon me, O virtuous reader! You never knew what it is to be a slave; to be entirely unprotected by law or custom; to have the laws reduce you to the condition of a chattel, entirely subject to the will of another”(page