Blog Post 6

In the story Incidents in the life of a slave girl by Harriet Jacobs, it becomes very obvious that there is definitely a cultural and racial divide and struggle throughout the whole story that is portrayed by slavery.  I feel like Jacobs makes it very clear throughout the story that there is really no “good” slave owners per say.  She gives two examples of two different types of slave owners.  One, Dr. Flint, is an absolute monster and shows a terrible extreme of a slave owner.  The next is Mr. Sands, who is even the more “kindly” slave owner but is still very unjust and without much care for Linda and their two mixed children.   Mr. Sands and Linda’s two children are great, literal examples of being caught between two cultures.  I feel like Mr. Sands doesn’t care much about his two mixed children but he is somewhat conflicted on what to do with them and this is exemplified by him buying them back for Linda, and then his continuous breaking of his promises that he makes to Linda with regards to the children.  All that Linda desires is a home for herself and her children but Jacobs makes it clear that because of her race and social standing, she will continue to fail.  There is no sense of a strong, black family within the novel.