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Running head: HARRIET JACOBS

HARRIET JACOBS

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Speech topic: Harriet Jacobs.

Speech type: object

Speech order: Chronological.

General purpose: reflecting on the life and achievement of Harriet Jacobs.

Specific objective: informing the audience on the contribution of Harriet Jacobs towards abolition of slavery in America.

Central idea: although born to slavery, Harriet Jacobs become a significant figure in the fight against slavery of the blacks.

Harriet Jacobs was born in the year 1813 into slavery. As a black, she endured sexual abuse for several years before she eventually escaped to the north. Being born into slavery her life was to be spent on slavery. Her mother died when she was only six, and she was left under the custody of her master, who owed her mother. Life with her Tavern keeper gave her an opportunity not only to see but also an opportunity to read and write (Jacobs, 1996). The education garnered during her early life in slavery that became pivotal in her quest to end slavery.

Life in slavery was not good at all; Jacobs endures hard labor and sexual harassment from her master. She sought to hide from the harsh treatment. A white woman decided to hide Jacobs in her house, which was a great personal risk that she took. Here, she hid in a garret that couldn’t allow her to stand. She stayed here for seven years. She would later escape to Philadelphia through the help of some activists. She crafted her experiences as a slave girl that significantly influenced other people of goodwill to rise against slavery in America. In the book “the incidence of a slave girl,” Jacobs narrates her mistreatment (Yellin, 2015). It is through this that she was able to marshal other people to rise against slavery in the country. She led abolitionist movements and championed for equal treatment and liberty for black in owning property and good working conditions.

Reference

Yellin, J. F. (Ed.). (2015). The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers. UNC Press Books.

Jacobs, H. A. (1996). Harriet Jacobs and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: New Critical Essays. Cambridge University Press.