ENGL 281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Harriet Ann Jacobs, Planation Surface
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The church and slavery: after nate turner"s rebellion, churches are established in order to create a passive and obedient spirit in slaves. She refuses and is thus sent to dr. flint"s son"s plantation, where she labors long hours without seeing her children: benjamin is left with her grandmother and ellen, the girl, nearly dies one day. ->fear of her children being subjected to slavery is what sets her in motion in a. Desire to escape: due to work on the planation, she is separated from her kids and still runs the risk of them being sold. I am old now, and cannot do for your babies as i once did for you. " "ah, my child," said she, "don"t trust too much to him. Stand by your own children, and suffer with them till death. Nobody respects a mother who forsakes her children; and if you leave them, you will never have a happy moment.
