ENG 250W Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Harriet Ann Jacobs
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Monday, nov. 20: harriet jacobs, from incidents in the life of a slave girl (norton b, 909-931)) Harriet jacobs, from incidents in the life of a slave girl (norton b, 909-931) autobiography by a young mother and fugitive slave published in 1861 (beginning of the civil war) Very important to the abolitionist movement in the 1840s (e. g. frederick douglass") Authenticity of this story was questioned by many for a very long time. Saying slavery breaks us, slavery doesn"t lift us up and turn us into saints. Very different from stowe- stowe turns those who suffer into saints (tom) Here stowe offers an author"s note, or set of concluding remarks, she declares that most of the events of the story actually occurred. She makes a direct and impassioned appeal to northerners and. Southerners alike to end slavery in the name of christianity, and of god. Reunited harris family (cassie long lost sister) but they relocate to liberia.
