The Effects of Slavery on Linda Brent and Her Family
The Effects of Slavery on Linda Brent and her Family
The story “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” expresses the horrible events that took place in Linda’s journey to freedom. Even though she may have wanted to keep her painful story secretive, she believed that making it public could possibly help the movement of antislavery. Linda describes the effects of slavery that not only affected herself but also her family. The stories she illustrated showed the demeaning power over slavery, the bliss and imprisonment of a dreamed family life, and the abuse psychologically endured throughout Linda’s slave life that affected her in several ways. Linda stayed determined which allowed her to bear the severe conditions to have to opportunities allowing not only her children to be free, but also herself from enslavement. In “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” it is illustrated that the slave masters cannot be “good.” Jacobs argues that the slave holder’s morality is destroyed by slavery (Jacobs, 2009). Slave holders like Dr. Flint became cold-hearted monsters; the masters usually view their slaves as nothing more than animals and never look at them as humankind. Even kind slave holders like Mr. Sands can deceive their slaves when it is suitable or profitable. When Mr. Sands meets problems with his finances and needs to get himself out of trouble, he may be tempted to sell his own children (Jacobs, 2009). Linda was afraid that Mr. Sands may sell her children to slave traders and did not want her nightmare to turn into a reality. The love a parent has for a child may distort emotional instinct because of slavery. Slavery 's complete mask, King wrote with passion and enveloped bonded children, circumscribing their influential years, transforming them into chattel laborers and subjecting them to chance unpleasant punishment and harmful separation from families (Smith, 2012). Jacobs and Smith compare in thoughts about the selling of children and the harmful
The story “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” expresses the horrible events that took place in Linda’s journey to freedom. Even though she may have wanted to keep her painful story secretive, she believed that making it public could possibly help the movement of antislavery. Linda describes the effects of slavery that not only affected herself but also her family. The stories she illustrated showed the demeaning power over slavery, the bliss and imprisonment of a dreamed family life, and the abuse psychologically endured throughout Linda’s slave life that affected her in several ways. Linda stayed determined which allowed her to bear the severe conditions to have to opportunities allowing not only her children to be free, but also herself from enslavement. In “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” it is illustrated that the slave masters cannot be “good.” Jacobs argues that the slave holder’s morality is destroyed by slavery (Jacobs, 2009). Slave holders like Dr. Flint became cold-hearted monsters; the masters usually view their slaves as nothing more than animals and never look at them as humankind. Even kind slave holders like Mr. Sands can deceive their slaves when it is suitable or profitable. When Mr. Sands meets problems with his finances and needs to get himself out of trouble, he may be tempted to sell his own children (Jacobs, 2009). Linda was afraid that Mr. Sands may sell her children to slave traders and did not want her nightmare to turn into a reality. The love a parent has for a child may distort emotional instinct because of slavery. Slavery 's complete mask, King wrote with passion and enveloped bonded children, circumscribing their influential years, transforming them into chattel laborers and subjecting them to chance unpleasant punishment and harmful separation from families (Smith, 2012). Jacobs and Smith compare in thoughts about the selling of children and the harmful
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