HIUS 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Ann Jacobs
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Hius 130 lecture 18 jacobs and stowe. Harriet jacobs, 1813-1897: book a memoir, true account although the names were changed. Incidents in the life of a slave girl: daughter of an artisan slave, carpenter, living almost as a free man, but has to pay a year to master. Lives independently: grandma daughter of a south carolina planter, when he died, he freed her, en route to florida, her and her mother were captured and sold to a hotel keeper. Ister of gra(cid:374)d(cid:373)other(cid:859)s (cid:373)istress (cid:271)uys her for (cid:1004), a(cid:374)d (cid:374)o(cid:271)ody (cid:271)ids agai(cid:374)st her: buys her and frees her, pg (cid:1006)9 (cid:862)gra(cid:374)d(cid:373)other(cid:859)s prote(cid:272)tio(cid:374) i(cid:374) the (cid:374)eigh(cid:271)orhood prote(cid:272)ted (cid:373)e (cid:863) Like george: helped to make the book more convincing to the public that read it. If slavery worked perfectly, it could be ok, but it never does. Legree plantation the opposite of a middle class home: alcohol, constantly working, home should be an escape from work.
