EN 2010 Chapter 1-41: Jacobs' Slave Girl Notes
Document Summary
Jacobs" incidents in the life of a slave girl. Jacobs" book expressed democratic ideals and embodied a dual critique of nineteenth-century america: it challenged the institution of chattel slavery with its supporting ideology of white racism, as well as traditional patriarchal institutions and ideologies (xiii) Chapter 5: the trials of girlhood - loss of linda"s child innocence; when mr. flint starts suggesting sexual things. Pointing out difference between white and black girl; white = free, black = slavery. Chapter 6: the jealous mistress - mrs. flint suspects something between linda and dr. flint so she approaches linda, who tells her about the harassment - mrs. Dr. flint has 11 kids with slave women; normal; win/win for masters because they get sex and property. Chapter 8: what slaves are taught about the north. Slaves are lied to to think that the north is awful, which is why they do not try to escape.
