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Frederick Douglass and Harriet Ann Jacobs on Male and Female Slaves

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different. In light of these simple realities it comes as no surprise to know that men and women recount things and see things differently. This is incredibly obvious in the  case of slavery. Men and women were treated completely differently from one another, and their experiences were completely different. In the following paper we examine the perspective of a female  slave, Harriet Ann Jacobs in "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," and the perspective of a male slave, Frederick Douglass in "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick  Douglass." The paper follows up with a brief illustration of the differences that have been detailed. Jacobs As a woman Harriet experienced feelings and conditions that were far  different from a mans. Like many female slaves, her primary focus was on family and children. She was not beaten as men were commonly beaten. She was treated as s  asexual device, something men did not often experience, or at least experience as much as a female slave. In gaining a simple, but subtly powerful illustration of how Harriet  saw things we start with the very first page of her work, wherein she states, "I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy  childhood had passed away. My father was a carpenter, and considered so intelligent and skilful in his trade, that, when buildings out of the common line were to be erected,  he was sent for from long distances, to be head workman" (Jacobs 11). She illustrates how "They lived together in a comfortable home; and, though we were all slaves, I  was so fondly shielded that I never dreamed I was a piece of merchandise, trusted to them for safe keeping, and liable to be demanded of them at any moment"