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A comparison and contrast of “The History of Mary Prince” and “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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as well. "Narratives of slavery recounted the personal experiences of ante-bellum African Americans who had escaped from slavery and found their way to safety in the North" (Campbell, 2004). They
are works that help us to understand, from first hand accounts, what slavery was about, how the slave often felt and thought and lived. They are tales that illustrate the
struggles, the learning, and the freedoms that were eventually obtained. As Campbell (2004) states, "An essential part of the anti-slavery movement, these narratives drew on Biblical allusion and imagery, the
rhetoric of abolitionism, the traditions of the captivity narrative, and the spiritual autobiography in appealing to their (often white) audiences" (Campbell, 2004). The following paper examines two different slave narratives
by women. They are "The History of Mary Prince" and "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl." By Harriet Jacobs. The paper also compares and contrasts the two.
The History of Mary Prince As a young child Mary was fortunate in the beginning to have a kind woman as a mistress: "This was the happiest period of
my life; for I was too young to understand rightly my condition as a slave, and too thoughtless and full of spirits to look forward to the days of toil
and sorrow" (Prince; 1). She was soon sold off to a master and then began to learn about being beaten and abused as a slave. She illustrates many different
periods of time and many different masters, but interestingly enough also makes mention of particular places where it seems the rules for slaves was different. On a particular island she
complained to her master that she could not be beaten. This is interesting, also in the fact that she talked back to her masters, because it demonstrates a very different
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