Life of a Slave Girl - A Slave in Name Only

The story of Linda Brent is postcode less of extraordinary blush in the foul constitution that slaveholding existed in. Through the persecution and lots heathen speech of Dr. Flint, her knuckle down owner, she lived as honor satisfactory as a slave was seldom seen doing in her time. This could partially be because of the unusually light hue of her skin and the benefits that came with it. The fact that she was overly well educated in her era as a slave brings a odd dynamic in the slave-master relationship, which takes the concord to a naked understanding of hypocrisy from slave owners that the subscriber can witness in Harriet Jacobs p come ons. As Jacobs likes to signify ofttimes in the book, Linda and her family are cold from perfect in their choices passim the book. Are her actions truly warrant based on the chaste principles that she was grown up to reckon? Was her brother selfish in thinking his wish for independence was more significant than the ramifications his family would hit to endure? There is a limit to what slaves were even satisfactory of accomplishing in this period and it is my level belief that, although Linda was hopelessly set up by the unjust laws of Slavery she endured, she became much stronger through the tribulations brought upon her.\nIn the beginning, Jacobs introduces us to the Brent family. Lindas family is al translatey exceptional through their virtual(a) skills, which would typically be ensnare in a exempt family. Her father, a carpenter, and mother were able to read and write and had a great association with their master. It was important that their children were also endowed with these aforementioned(prenominal) luxuries. The children learned early to read and write. They played happily with the shape mistress as some(prenominal) slaves would envy. However, slavery never shows whatever prolonged kindness for its victims. With the remnant of the kind mistress and the accompanying death of her mother and father, Linda was subjected to the whims of her new master, Dr. Flint at the age of fourteen. As her ...