Incindents In The Life Of A Slave Girl ( Entry 1 )

  Incindents in the Life of a Save Girl by Jacobs is an historical narrative describing the life of Jacobs through a character named Linda Brent, as she goes through the hardships and experiences of slavery. In the narrative Jacobs writes " Two years had passed since I entered Dr. Flint's family ( Jacobs 15). One would think a family was a group of people that love and care for each other, but in this case Jacobs was not speaking of people that are related by blood, but by the family that was carved into young minds since the age of six, the family of slaves. Its amusing how Jacob could compare something so subtle to something as painful as slavery. Another point I found fascinating is when Linda was remembering when she saw a young slave girl dying soon after the birth of a child. The girls mother said " The baby is dead, thank God; and my poor child will soon be in heaven, too (12). Its shocking how bad conditions could possibly get that you wanting the best for grandchild and child is wanting death, so they don't have to go through the reality and pain of the world there being born too. A world where it was a crime for a slave to tell who the father of her child was, children were taken away from their from their parents and sold at a young age, blood is constantly being shed, and people risk their lives to become a free man. Slaves are "dogs"to be ordered by thier master, "foot-balls" to be kicked around, and "cattle" to work and provide for their owners!     

....... But Thats Just What I Think