According to Harriet Jacobs, “the condition of a slave confuses all principles o
According to Harriet Jacobs, “the condition of a slave confuses all principles of morality, and, in fact, renders the practice of them impossible” (850).
In one full paragraph, explain how Jacobs arrives at this idea. At what point in the story does she write this? Why does she believe this?
In another paragraph, relate this idea to another quote from another reading we’ve previously had (for instance, from Equiano, Douglass, Wheatley, Occum, etc.). Present the quotation in MLA format and then compare it to Jacobs’s quote above. Do these authors have similar ideas about morality? Did they have similar life experiences which led them to this idea? Do you have personal experience yourself that has led to you a similar view of morality?
the story we are reading from is linked here: https://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Harriet_Jacobs/Incidents_in_the_Life_of_a_Slave_Girl/Sketches_Of_Neighboring_Slaveholders_p1.html
