Incidents blog #4

     It is great that Jacobs has finally made it to freedom, but she is not totally free because of the Fugitive slave act. " He told us he was a Southerner by birth, and had spent the greater part of  his life in the Slave States, and that he had recently lost a brother who traded in slaves. 'But,' said he, 'it is a pitiable and degrading buisness, and I always felt ashamed to acknowledge my brother in connection with it" (162). It was great that the captain helped her even though that he is a Southerner and he even has family who traded slaves. These people must have been rare at the time but not as rare as I once thought, many people helped slaves but they were greatly outnumbered. Another interesting part was she saw her daughter for the first time since she left from the South. " I turned, and there stood my Ellen ! I pressed her to my heart, then held her away from me to take a look at her" (170). This must have been a great feeling for Jacobs and her daughter. This could have been a great conclusion to the book. But will she ever find her son, or does she after she is finished writing the book.?

Incidents blog #3

     The book has been very good so far, Jacobs has finally made it away from her masters house but she is still close. I wonder why she is staying so close to Dr. Flint, why doesn't she make her way to the north. " When spring returned, and I in the little patch of green the aperture commanded, I asked myself how many more summers and winters I must be condemned to spend thus" (123). She says she has been staying a long time but why doesn't she move, she is getting crippled in the hole. If she stays any longer she will be permanently crippled and will never be able to run away. Another thing is that Dr. Flint still continues to look for her. This is a good example of how valuable she is to him. " The summer had nearly ended, when Dr. Flint made a third visit to New York, in search of me" (127). After many years he still continues to look for her in New York, why doesn't he try another place or just give up? Ms. Jacobs why do you still stay at your Grandmothers house why don't you continue your voyage to freedom?