Incidents_In_The_Life_Of_A_Slave_Girl

Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” is the story of a girl born into slavery who’s will and determination never waiver as she fights for her freedom and the freedom of her children. Harriet Jacobs’ story brings to life the reality of slavery; the cruelty, the sexual relationships between master and slave, the psychological abuse, the separation of slave families, the dangers of escape, and the kindness that can be found in the middle of it all. Harriet was fortunate to be born into a position in which she could live with her mother and father and in fact did not even know she was a slave until her mother died. At that time she was sent to live with her mother’s mistress. This was also a fortunate position as her mistress was kind and compassionate and vowed to care for her in thanks for the many loyal years of service her mother had provided. However, her luck would not last as her mistress died and left Harriet to her niece, a five year old girl. This is when Dr. Norcom, the father of her mistress, entered her life and changed it forever. slave, girl, children, space, life, slavery, norcom, mistress, father, dr, years, time, north, live, harriet, crawl, tiny, story, provided, mother, harriett, freedom, free, finally, few, family, escape, became, two, seven, sent, reality, property, promised, position