Hi Class,
For Tuesday, November 19, please read Harriet Jacobs (763-91), and answer these questions in your notebook:
1.What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850
2. What is the purpose and the style of Jacob’s “Letter from a Fugitive Slave”?
3. What do you find surprising about Jacob’s “Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl”?
4. Why do you think that Jacobs wrote anonymously or under different names?
I’ve updated the schedule for the rest of the semester.
Best,
Prof. Scanlan
