Consider the interactions Jacobs (under the name Linda Brent) had with her master and mistress. Think about what Jacob’s story tells us about the corruption of power. Is the interaction between Jacobs and Norcom about race and power or gender and power?
Slave Language of Truth Abolitionists supported slave narratives for obvious reasons, but how can we know the formerly enslaved were writing the truth? After all, slaveholders believed slaves to be lesser humans whose emotions and intellect were not fully developed; they couldn’t love or grieve in the way Whites did. Plantation owners believed slaves were […]