“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong
impulse to see it tried on him personally.” ― Abraham Lincoln
Violence was a continues theme within slave narratives; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was no exception
One of Jacobs’s earliest memories is hearing Dr. Flint brutally whip one of his plantation slaves
She recalls seeing the blood on the walls the next morning
A supposed Christian, Mr. Flint., inflicts brutal acts including
having his slaves whipped until they bleed and spitting in their food
Slaves are burned, frozen, and whipped to death, their humanity never questioned
Jacobs includes such accounts throughout the narrative, discussing them in detail
One of Jacobs’s earliest memories is hearing Dr. Flint brutally whip one of his plantation slaves
She recalls seeing the blood on the walls the next morning
A supposed Christian, Mr. Flint., inflicts brutal acts including
having his slaves whipped until they bleed and spitting in their food
Slaves are burned, frozen, and whipped to death, their humanity never questioned
Jacobs includes such accounts throughout the narrative, discussing them in detail