In six pages these women from vastly differents background are compared in terms of how they also both similarly served as early feminists who penned novels demanding independence and equality. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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and independence, but the difference between their upbringing is quite astounding. Bibliography lists 5 sources. JGAhjcob.rtf Harriet Jacobs and Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Comparison Research Compiled for
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takes a look at the different writing techniques of Harriet Jacobs and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. These two women, while coming from vastly different backgrounds are both well known for
their narratives on womens rights. Both women wrote compelling novels regarding the need for equality and independence, but the difference between their upbringing is quite astounding. HARRIET JACOBS
Jacobs had a very definite focus with her book, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. While she was intent upon educating her reading audience as to the
atrocities of slavery, she was also bound by her own obligation to single-handedly alter the very laws the imprisoned black people in slavery. "I want to add my testimony
to that of abler pens to convince the people of the Free States what Slavery really is" (Jacobs 1-2, 1987). Her mission was to attack the "dominant voices of
Southern slave law and of the law itself" (Accomando 229, 1998). By writing her narrative, Jacobs was vocalizing for all others who could not voice for themselves. Jacobs
was instrumental in pointing out the fact that slavery laws sought to virtually "erase and silence" (Accomando 229, 1998) the African Americans who gave their lives to slavery. It
was an unjust and undeserving manner by which slave masters could govern all aspects of ones existence, including racial identity, literacy, rape, reproduction and interracial relationships. As Jacobs outlined,