Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: What did you previously know about the personal perspectives of enslaved people? Did Harriet Jacobs’s story change your perspective in any way? How did the experience of slavery challenge Jacob’s sense of morality? She extensively discusses the effects of slavery on her family: what did you think was the most important effect? Which part of the book did you find most powerful, or that most got your attention, and why? What is the most important fact about the historical experience slavery that someone could learn from reading this book?
Suggested structure: Use your introductory paragraph to give an overall summary of your answer to the big question: What did I learn from this book?
Use subsequent paragraphs to answer the prompts. You may mix up the order of the prompts somewhat. Be sure to include specific examples from the book to show what you are talking about. Vague answers will receive little credit; specific and detailed answers will be generously graded.
Include a concluding paragraph that wraps it all up.
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