Slavery, Sexuality and Motherhood
Words: 1448 Pages: 5 6083Slavery is an ugly past of American History and narratives like Incidents in the life of a Slave Girl enlighten us. In this book, Harriet Jacobs writes her autobiography under the pseudonym, Linda Brent, detailing her journey from her life as a slave to her successful escape and along the way exposing female slave experience in areas of sexuality and motherhood. She wrote, Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women (Jacobs 66). The story […]