She said this because she now came to the realization that she was not going to have a husband, raise a family, and become free.
Her idea that it is worse to be enslaved as a woman came from her victimization of sexual defilement. While some slaves encounter severe physical abuse, Jacobs abuse was sexual, as it is shown through her affair with Sands. She saw it as a way to freedom for her and any children that she might have. She had to bear this mans child, which shows how she will keep that experience with her for the rest of her life. By having this affair however, she successfully resists Dr. Flint's harassment. Almost as a plea for the readers understanding on these matters she says, "I feel that the slave woman ought not to bed judged by the same standards as others" (1765). By saying this she emphasizes her audience to conceive the gender differences in enslavement.
In addition to Jacob's narrative, Frederick Douglass's account is also very fascinating and inspirational. Douglass was born into a family of slavery in early America. He educated himself through sheer determination and deceit. He essentially became a self-made man, as he taught himself to read and write. By eventually overcoming the adversities of slavery he became one of America's great statesmen, writers, and orators. His influential narrative focuses on his occurrences as a slave, and how he overcame them as he escaped to freedom. .
As his narrative begins Douglass is unaware of his age and the identity of his father because his masters had deliberately kept it from him. Like the general custom among slaves, he was separated from his mother in early infancy and was placed under the care of his grandmother. While growing up, this was a great source of unhappiness for young Douglass. During this time there was also great controversy over the rumor that his father was his master. He was unaware of the truth that prevailed behind this matter and stated:.