Although this Harriet Jacobs work wasn't one of my favorites, I did appreciate learning about the horrors of bondage. Let the darkest chapter in American history be closed forever, and never to be repeated.
Harriet Jacobs wrote under the name of Linda Brent. Linda Brent suffers the death of her benevolent mistress and falls in the hands of Dr. Flint (a sexual predator). She describes the consequences of slave insurrection. She mothers two children (Ellen & Benjamin) with Mr. Sands (a white, yet kinder man), but they become Dr. Flint's property since children assume the mother's status (free vs. captive).
Linda Brent endures unimaginable suffering at the hands of her master. She escapes and is hidden in her grandmother's house (dungeon) for seven years. She faces new perils in the North as she attempts to purchase her freedom and reunite with her children, etc...
It's a good read, but pick up the paperback copy.
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