The life of a slave was not a life at all, for someone to be considered living, they must have a say in how their lives are lived. For slaves in the 1800’s a normal life was merely a thing to dream of. Their lives were planned for them, from the moment they were born they were nothing more than property to be owned. Less than human, and servants to the white man. A woman named Harriet Jacobs wrote a compelling book about her life as a slave. The book’s title is Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. In this book she told her readers of the many indecencies she dealt with in her life as a slave. From a young girl, to adulthood she bravely wrote about the dehumanization, the corruption, and the physiological damage set forth by the evil that is titled slavery.
Although the book is written by, and about Jacob’s life she presented herself with a different name in the reading, Linda Brent. Brent, in a first person narrative talks about her life, and what it was to be property of the white man. She was constantly considered to be less than human, and nothing more than property. The dehumanization …show more content…
Harriet Jacobs was a brave young woman who brought a new perspective to the blind eye of the white community. Without her work, and others like her, slavery might still rot America today. She taught, to be a slave meant to be an object that is owned. In body the black man might compare to the white man, yet only the skin can tell you who is who. So why is white more superior than black? What right does the white man have to all this power that the black man does not? It is merely an opinion, and a question unanswered. There is no substantial proof that the color of one’s skin determines the value of a person. We in fact are all created with the same products, and in the same manner. So blue, purple, black, or white, we are all human, and all humans created
Although the book is written by, and about Jacob’s life she presented herself with a different name in the reading, Linda Brent. Brent, in a first person narrative talks about her life, and what it was to be property of the white man. She was constantly considered to be less than human, and nothing more than property. The dehumanization …show more content…
Harriet Jacobs was a brave young woman who brought a new perspective to the blind eye of the white community. Without her work, and others like her, slavery might still rot America today. She taught, to be a slave meant to be an object that is owned. In body the black man might compare to the white man, yet only the skin can tell you who is who. So why is white more superior than black? What right does the white man have to all this power that the black man does not? It is merely an opinion, and a question unanswered. There is no substantial proof that the color of one’s skin determines the value of a person. We in fact are all created with the same products, and in the same manner. So blue, purple, black, or white, we are all human, and all humans created