Incidents Of A Slave Girl By Linda Brent

In the early eighteen-hundreds, slavery was a very popular trade. Down in the south, slavery basically meant that African-Americans could be sold and owned as property for laborious work. The slaves were put to work as soon as possible no matter the age to help support their families or save enough money to free themselves. Many of the female slaves were often sexually harassed and/or raped by their masters; which in turn made them even more hated by their mistresses. This often gave women a sense of fear when around a man. Linda Brent, who wrote under the name Harriet Jacobs, endured a blind childhood up to the age of 6. After the age of 6, the innocence Linda Brent once knew would soon be taken away from her once she understood she was nothing more than property in the eyes of her master, and was in danger of being raped, abused, and punished if she did not
In Harriet Jacobs’ book, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, she talks about during her first six years she did not know she was a slave because her mother's mistress took very good care of them and just make sure that because they had grown close, they were always well taken care of. When her mother died, she was then put into care with her mother's mistress and learned how to read under her care for the next 6 years until when she was 12 her mistress died as well. Hoping to be set free because her mistress promised her mother that they would never experience hardships, she was instead given as property to her niece. At her new master and mistress’s house, Who was sexually and verbally harassed by Dr. Flint once she turns 15 years of age. She is pressured by dr. Flint to have a sexual relationship with him, and for several years he pressures and threatens her but ultimately ends up outwitted by her. To defy and infuriate dr.flint, she agrees to have a love affair with a white neighbor and explains that she would rather have