I believe that Jacobs lived a harsh life. However after reading her story of “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl “most of her misery she brought upon herself. In my Opinion her story was no different than the other former slave narratives. The only exception would be that she volunteered to have children by a white man with hopes he would buy her. (828) and she would then become a free slave. This act of courageous in fact did not work out in her favor because her owner refuses to sell her. Now she is not only a slave but so are her offspring’s.
However there were several events during her life that I felt extreme sympathy for her. For example when her grandmother turned her away and called her a disgrace to her dead mother. (829) during