I learned a lot by reading Incidents of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. I learned that what we have been taught about slavery in the United States has been watered down. This book should be required reading for the people say about the Confederate flag that it is not hatred but heritage. They for get what the heritage is. Slavery was a cruel institution. Slaves were not treated as human. The author's daughter was pt in jail at the age of two, because the author had run away from slavery. The son was also put in jail at close to the same age. The masters could legally treat the slaves in any way that they wanted. This included throwing infants and murder. The marriage of two slaves could be ended by the master. No one should have ever been treated as the slaves were. This book needs to be read by more people.
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