pseudonym of Linda Brent, that gives a true account of the brutality slavery held for women.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is Jacobs’ own story of what it was like to be born and raised

in slavery. Through her book, she gives the reader a clear picture of the life of a female slave in

the South. The story is very much interwoven with the “cult of true womanhood”(where is this quoted from?). Brent hardly embodied the ideal picture of true womanhood painted by white, upper class and later middle class women: pious, pure, submissive, and delicate. The story gives the perspective of a woman slave on slavery, a perspective that was relatively secretive during Jacobs’ time. Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl focus on the challenges Brent faced as a female slave and emphasizes the sexual harassment she experiences working in the home of Dr.Flint.

Harriet Jacobs was born a slave but “never knew it till six years of happy childhood had

passed away.”(Jacobs 1) when Jacobs was six, her mother died. Still her life was not difficult.

She moved into the home of her mother’s mistress – a kindheart

Some topics in this essay:
Dr Flint, Slave Girl, Linda Brent’s, Girl Brent, Valerie Smith, Girl Jacobs’, Harriet Jacobs, Finally Jacobs, Dr Flint’s, Anna Murray, slave girl, life slave girl, life slave, incidents life, dr flint, incidents life slave, author page, outside marriage, linda brent’s, “true” womanhood, brent’s writing, qualities valued,