Harriet Jacobs and Slavery

Harriet Jacobs once said, "Slavery is terrible for men, but women are even worse." With slavery, men face many difficulties. They were beaten badly, hungry, they were no longer able to endure and were working until they could not suffer more. Women, on the other hand, face similar difficulties, but they need to suffer more. They have to see their children taken away from them, and from time to time they will never see them again. Women also have to trade with their owner and try to sexually harass.

For Harriet Jacobs, escaping from slavery meaned to hide in her own prison for several years. Jacobs was born as a slave of North Carolina and lived for fear of a cruel master during his teens but refused to repeat marriage and did not make cruel sex. When Jacob and another man gave birth to two children, the harassment continued and she decided to rest for freedom. In 1835, she ran away from the plantation and hid in a few friends' houses for a short time. Knowing that she is unlikely to enter the north, she eventually hid in the little attic crawl space of her grandmother's house.

The experience of slavery by Harriet Jacobs is in stark contrast to Frederick Douglas' experience. Unlike the latter she did not notice her situation until she was six years old. Jacobs has a stronger support network, especially in her grandmother. Jacob was lucky enough to provide relatively safe training for slaves until he had to deal with Dr. Flint. His fickle attitude made him unpredictable because he would say "Linda, I swear to God, I will never raise your hand again". Unlike commitment douglas, Jacobs does not want freedom, and her condition is respected by slavery standards. I want freedom only when her condition gets worse.

Harriet Jacob's nature did not fight and was not given up. Harriet Jacobs, born slavery, prevents hosts from repeating sexual attacks for years and then escapes to the north. She later announced a painful life in the autobiography "The case of the life of a slave girl". Harari's childhood is a happy childhood. "We are all slaves, but I have been deeply protected because I was not dreaming of being a product.As long as my mother died, even if she moved to her mother's house she is Even found happiness - a kind woman raised a young Harriet, taught to read and sew, and saw her happiness, but happiness does not last long, when Harriet died at the age of 12, ownership of Harriet The right moved to the mistress of the mistress.