Summary Of Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl By Harriet Ann Jacobs

Racism, a way of life for a black American in 1800’s. It’s one of the oldest sayings around, racism is as old as human society itself(Selfa).In some research it concludes that “Men and women are not permitted to marry whomever they choose—they often are not allowed to marry at all. Women are frequently forced to sleep with the masters they despise. Worst of all, families are torn apart, with children sold to a place far away from their parents.” (SparkNotes Editors). Blacks were not treated as people and white men and women treated them as pieces of property. Today, we can look back at slavery, a common practice in the South, as racism. In Harriet Ann Jacobs, short story “Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl”, it gives a first-hand look at the racism Linda suffered every day of her life. Because she was black; she was a slave, a piece of property, and had no right to her freedom. You will see how Linda struggled for her life and her children’s lives, because of her race. Linda was born into slavery, because any child born to a slave

The only reason Linda entered to the affair with Mr. Sands was she thought it would disgust Dr. Flint, in which he would sell her to Mr. Sands. Mr. Sands promised he would free his slave children. However, in the slave system, such good intentions are easily forgotten. She eventually runs away with her children and ends up in New York City. While there she finds work as a nurse maid for a family called the Bruce’s, and is treated very kindly. As Linda is living in New York, she finds out Dr. Flint has died but his daughter wants to claim ownership of her. Mrs. Bruce eventually buys Linda’s freedom, against her wishes to be bought and sold again. However, Linda was grateful and remains employed with the Bruce family. As a human being, freedom should never be bought. It’s something everyone should be born with, buts that’s just not the case for