Slave Girls 'Life' By Jacobs Harriet And The Negro Speak By Langston Hughes

The poem, “The Negro speak” the poem was written in 1921, by Langston Hughes, during a period of high racial intolerance, inequality, and injustice in America. While Jacob

Harriet wrote her poem in 1861, during the period, she escaped slavery and was residing in the north. The poem, “Slave Girls’ Life,” is a powerful narration of the suffering, which is slavery.

It portrays families that are broken apart, and freedom promises made though never kept, the suffering the slave endured during the slavery period. Contrary, the poet wrote this poem in a more reflective meaning informing of how Black Americans had a crucial role in history. He also asserts that they existed since the beginning of humanity cradle.

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In the poem by Jacobs Harriet, she also tries to relate to the suffering black women undergo while in slavery, explaining in detail the difficulties, and how this unites them to stand together against oppression.

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In the Slave Girl, the author places slavery as the chief memory of the black American women and institutes the final bequest to which all memories might return. Whereas in the poem by Langston Hughes addresses themes, which are closely related to the Harlem Renaissance and trying to reflect on the beauty of the life of black Americans.

Both poems were written during the period of racial intolerance in the United States. In the Negro Speaks, the poet literacy work celebrates the soul and voice of the black American community in a period of great racial prejudice, inequality, and injustice. Jacob’s poem was also written to display the

Langston Hughes was privileged to have lived in the United States in a period where the black Americans were heartened to observe their heritage. In contrast, Jacobs lived in a period when she faced difficulty faced as part of the black community, the racial discrimination, masters selling their children to slavery, a period when the black community could not address