Incidents Of A Slave Girl 4

While reading, the word Pain just kept popping into my head. As reading the troubles Linda had to engage in to get her children into saftey, it really made it hard not to imagine it. Arranging them to be sold to you is very clever. Many slaves didnt even have money to pay for thier children to be, with or without them. One quote that I found interesting was on page 125. "Slavery was a great moral, social, and politcal blessing; a blessing to the master, and a blessing to the slave" (Jacobs 125). I really disagreed with this. Slavery was not a blessin to anyone, or anything great. I was reading Chapter 40, where Linda realized that Mr.Flint was once again trailing her. With the help of Mrs. Bruce she escapes to New England.  I found this very interesting to me that Mr.Flint was still chasing after her. I also felt very good that Linda escaped once again. This really helped me realize when Linda says "It is always better to trust than to doubt" (Jacobs 112). Without trusting people like, Mrs. Bruce, her Grandmother and etc. she would've never made it to where she made it. Honestly, the book was very excellent. It gives me a new perspective on African-American History, along with African-American people themselves.

Joshua Briggs

Incidents Of A Slave Girl........ 3

As I was reading, a couple things really interested me in Harriet Jacobs' writing. She was describing how scared and terrified Linda was of the saftey of her children. It was always on her mind. "A streak of moonlight was on the floor before me, and in the midst of it appeared te forms of my two children" (Jacobs 110). This was really interesting to me, becasue that vison showed how much her kids were on her mind. Especially the fact that she had a vision of it, really was interesting. Because I honestly don't believe in things like that. Yet, for some reason I actually feel that Jacobs wasn't lieing. Another thing that really was interesting to me was when Mr.Flint was talking about Linda. "She shall be my slave as long as I live, and when I am dead she shall be the slave of my children" (Jacobs 112). This really was very shocking to me, yet I wasnt't surprised at the same time. I am aware that things happened like this in those time. Slaves actually were slaves for their Master's children. After reading, I just stared at the words, re-reading it. Mr.Flint, really was attached to Linda. I also belive that he was determined to have her back in slavery.

Joshua Briggs