The text " Incidents in the life of a slave girl" by Harriet Jacobs shows off how cruel and troubled slaw owners were back then to thier slaves. If a slave was even able to buy thier freedom out of slavery thier past would always follow them and they would never forget the treatments they received from their masters like how Harriet Jacobs had experienced it. The overall analysis from the text is that even though you were a free person after you paid for your freedom, you were never going to be truly happy as the bad scary memories of being a slave would always overpower your happy moments for as long as you live.
The text "Incidents in the life of a slave girl" was about a little girl named Linda that was born into slavery. In her early childhood years she spent her time with her mom and dad who were also slaves. When her mom died she was sent to live with …show more content…
When she happened to fall in love with a another african american who had the occupation of a carpenter that was born free. Her mistress father Dr. Flint said that he would never sell linda to that man and after a heated argument he ended up hitting her for the first time. "He sprang upon me like a tiger, and gave me a stunning blow. It was for the first time he had ever struck me; and fear did not enable me to control my anger (1813)". Being hit for the first time from a man Linda realizes what the hardship of being a slave is realizing that she had it easy in the past years. At the end of the book when Linda goes through her journey of finding Ellen and being reunited with her, while her son Benny has left for California she states "It has been painful to me, in many ways, to recall the dreary years i passed in bondage. I would gladly forget them if i could (1829)". Even though she is now a free women linda wont be able to live peaceful knowing what she had gone through in her life as a slave even though her children are also
The text "Incidents in the life of a slave girl" was about a little girl named Linda that was born into slavery. In her early childhood years she spent her time with her mom and dad who were also slaves. When her mom died she was sent to live with …show more content…
When she happened to fall in love with a another african american who had the occupation of a carpenter that was born free. Her mistress father Dr. Flint said that he would never sell linda to that man and after a heated argument he ended up hitting her for the first time. "He sprang upon me like a tiger, and gave me a stunning blow. It was for the first time he had ever struck me; and fear did not enable me to control my anger (1813)". Being hit for the first time from a man Linda realizes what the hardship of being a slave is realizing that she had it easy in the past years. At the end of the book when Linda goes through her journey of finding Ellen and being reunited with her, while her son Benny has left for California she states "It has been painful to me, in many ways, to recall the dreary years i passed in bondage. I would gladly forget them if i could (1829)". Even though she is now a free women linda wont be able to live peaceful knowing what she had gone through in her life as a slave even though her children are also