Essays on Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl

Though a keystone in the development of American history and culture, the American slave trade was extremely detrimental to both the physical and mental well being of African American slaves. The system tended to be particularly brutal and demeaning for enslaved women, often depriving them…

In the history of literature, authors have chosen to use a pseudonym for many reasons. A pseudonym is a fake name used by an author in order to conceal his or her real identity, often for the author’s protection or to avoid prejudices that might…

The perception of an African American slave has always been that women and men are incompetent and weak, however in Harriet Jacobs book Incidents in the life of a Slave Girl we receive an in-depth view of what the slaves were forced to endure during…