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    This document summarizes several texts related to the African American experience with slavery, including poems, a short story, and a speech. It provides brief overviews of "The Loophole of Retreat" by Harriet Jacobs, which describes a woman hiding from her owner in an attic to avoid being separated from her children, and "The Slave Auction" by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, about the separation of families during slave auctions. It also analyzes the poem "Worn Out" by Laurence Dunbar about the crushing effects of slavery. The essay then discusses how these works reflect the struggles of slavery, such as family separation and exhausting labor, and how literature conveys the hardships of that era

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    This document summarizes several texts related to the African American experience with slavery, including poems, a short story, and a speech. It provides brief overviews of "The Loophole of Retreat" by Harriet Jacobs, which describes a woman hiding from her owner in an attic to avoid being separated from her children, and "The Slave Auction" by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, about the separation of families during slave auctions. It also analyzes the poem "Worn Out" by Laurence Dunbar about the crushing effects of slavery. The essay then discusses how these works reflect the struggles of slavery, such as family separation and exhausting labor, and how literature conveys the hardships of that era

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    This document summarizes several texts related to the African American experience with slavery, including poems, a short story, and a speech. It provides brief overviews of "The Loophole of Retreat" by Harriet Jacobs, which describes a woman hiding from her owner in an attic to avoid being separated from her children, and "The Slave Auction" by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, about the separation of families during slave auctions. It also analyzes the poem "Worn Out" by Laurence Dunbar about the crushing effects of slavery. The essay then discusses how these works reflect the struggles of slavery, such as family separation and exhausting labor, and how literature conveys the hardships of that era

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    "OnBeingBroughtFromAfricatoAmerica"
    byPhillisWheatleypoem
    "WornOut"
    byLaurenceDunbarpoem
    "IfWeMustDie"
    byClaudeMcKaypoem
    "TheLoopholeofRetreat"
    fromIncidentsintheLifeofaSlaveGirl"byHarrietJacobsshort
    story
    "Ihaveadream"
    byMartinLutherkingjr.speech
    "TheSlaveAuction"
    byFrancesEllenWalkinsHarperpoem

    SelectedPiecesSummaries:
    "TheLoopholeofRetreat"fromIncidentsintheLifeofaSlaveGirl"byHarrietJacobsshort
    story
    Lindaishidinginhergrandmother'satticwatchingherchildrenthroughasmallholeinthe
    wood.Sheisthereformonthsnotbeingabletocommunicatewiththemandhasbeenvictim
    toillnesses.Dr.Flintistryingtobribeherchildrentotellhimwheresheis.Duringslavery
    africanAmericanswereconstantlybeingseparatedfromtheirfamilies.Lindaescapedslavery
    butisn'tleavingeitherbecauseshecan'torbecauseshewon'tleavebehindherkids.She
    alsohastoworryaboutthedoctorfindingherbecausesheanescapedslave.Atthistime
    africanAmericanshadnofreedomsandthat'swhyLindahasescaped.

    "TheSlaveAuction"byFrancesEllenWalkinsHarperpoem
    Thepoemisasimpleintroductiontotheprocessofaslavetrade.Thepoemcoversthe
    horriblefactthatkidsandparentsarebeingseparatedconstantly.Itisaboutthemiseryand

    painthattheslavesgothroughinthosetimes.Thispoemgivesaninsightontheslavetrade
    andthefeelingsaffiliatedwithit.Themiseryofaslaveslifestartedwiththeauctionblock.
    Whenfamilieswereseparatedandtheywereofficiallyownedbyanotherhumanbeing.

    "WornOut"byLaurenceDunbarpoem
    Thespeakerinthepoemexpresseshowallhishappinessandhopehavelefthim.Hisspiritis
    justcompletelycrushed.Inthelastlineshedoesnotaskforjoyagain,butinsteadaskfor
    release.IbelievethispoemisreferringtothetimesofslaverywhenthesouthboughtAfrican
    Americansasslavesandusedthemforfarmingandhousework.Lifewasmiserablefor
    slavesandtheperiodinwhichslaverywasaroundwasabigpartofAfricanAmericanhistory.

    Essay:
    TheAfricanAmericanculturehasbeenthroughalot.Slavery,segregation,andracial
    prejudice.YoucanconnectalotofAfricanAmericanculturetoitsliterature.Inthebook
    "IncidentsintheLifeofaSlaveGirl",anAfricanAmericangirlislivingherlifeinoneofthe
    darkesttimesforherculture,slavery.Thestory'saboutagirlbythenameofHarrietJacobs.
    HarrietwasbornintoslaveryonFebruary11,1813.Thebookshewroteisbasicallyjustan
    autobiographyaboutherstruggleswithandescapingslavery.

    Asawomen,herexperiencesinslaverywereabitdifferentthanmen's.Assoonas
    shebecameofage,herownerDr.JamesNorcomsexuallyharassedher.Hopingtoescape
    hisintentionsshehadtwokidswithafreewhitelawyernamedSamuelSawyer.Unfortunately
    NorcomownedHarriet'skidsandusedthemasblackmailtogetwhathewantedfromher.

    By1835Harriethadenoughandescaped.Shehidinthehomeofaslaveowner
    nearbytokeepaneyeonherchildren.Afterashortstay,shehidinaswampcalledCabarrus
    Pocosin.Shethendecidedtohideinacrawlspaceabovetheceilingofhergrandmothers
    shack.Jacobslivedforsevenyearsinthatatticandcouldonlyhearandgetglimpsesofher
    children.

    ManyAfricanAmericanfamilieswereseparatedfromeachotherduringtheeraof
    slavery.Whetheritwasontheauctionblock,orlikeinHarriet'scase,havingtoleavefamily
    behindforfreedomwithasmallhopeofseeingthemagain.Harrietdidfortunatelyfleetothe
    northbutnotallescapeeswerelucky.Mostwerecaughtandbrutallypunished.Womenwere
    workedandtakenadvantageofandmenwerebeingworkedtocompleteexhaustion.This
    lastedfor245years.Thatiswhythiserahasanimportantplaceintheculture,andliterature
    isthebestwaytounderstandandseewhatwashappeningintheirlives.

    AuthorBio:
    HarrietAnnJacobswasbornintoslaveryonFebruary11,1813anddiedonMarch7,
    1897.ShewasanAfricanAmericanwriterwhohadescapedfromslaveryin1835.Her
    parentswerealsobornintoslavery.Herfatherwasanenslavedbiracialhousecarpenterand
    hermotherwasanenslavedblackwoman.Harrietwasalsoanabolitionistspeakerand
    reformer.Harriet'sfamousautobiographicalbook,IncidentsintheLifeofaSlaveGirl,wasfirst
    serializedinthenewspaperandwaspublishedasabookin1861.Itwasoneofthefirstbooks
    totalkaboutthestruggleforfreedombyfemaleslaves,andtoexplaintheirdailystruggles
    withsexualharassmentandabuse,andtheirefforttoprotecttheirrolesaswomenand
    mothers

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