Harriet Jacobs
Life Story [Jacobs] In Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs writes to an audience that consists of white Northern women. ... Harriet Jacobs does not write to provoke sympathy, however, she writes this essay show women, through a female bond, what it is like being a slave. ... When this essay was written, Jacobs was merely reflecting on her past experiences. ... Harriet Jacobs was good writer in the sense that she could get a point across and provide plenty of detail doing it.