Slave Girl

Harriet Jacobs essay “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” was a long boring read in my mind. While I understand it was a story she told about her time as a slave in the south, the escape and ruinon in the north with her children. I know that the struggle must have been hard as a slave, and her perserverence and attitude to gain freedom should be applauded, but really, how many times do we have to relive the slavery era. We know it was bad, I also know it happened a long time ago. To me this was just another story. I don’t want to sound insensitive to what happened and her struggle, but this sounds just like every other story I have read about slavery.