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Comparing Jacobs And Lydia Maria Child
Both Jacobs and Lydia Maria Child show the treatment of women but one thing different is that “for Child, slavery degrades both the slave woman and the white woman, but she does not mention the power imbalance that structures their relationship. Jacobs, by contrast, highlights how the white mistress becomes part of the system of abuse that maintains the master's domination over his female slaves” (McClish 44). Jacobs shows that women are held under the power of men and that should be changed and fought against. (McClish 27-55). According to Morgan, the life as a slave was much different for both men and women along with their different writing styles (Morgan 73-94).
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