Jacobs

Jacobs’ Development During slavery, slaves were not allowed to own houses, money or businesses because they were property themselves. After reading Harriet Jacobs’ “Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl, Seven Years Concealed” I found that her family was very privileged to be slaves. Jacobs’ job while being a slave was to be the play mate of a little white girl. She was treated the same way the little girl was treated, they wore …showed first 75 words of 303 total…

…showed last 75 words of 303 total…will not do anything she doesn’t want him to do. Jacobs’ confidence and self-esteem remained unchanged when Mrs. Flint terrorized her in the night, and when Dr. flint hit her for the first time. Without the strength of her family Harriet Jacobs would have never grown up to believe that she didn’t have to take her master’s abuse and she wouldn’t think she deserved the same treatment as her white counterparts.