Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl question

What did Harriet Jacobs mean when she says “Slavery perverted all of the natural feelings of the human heart”?

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Slavery takes a heavy toll on the soul of everybody involved. It strips the slave of life, liberty, identity, and worth. Slavery strips the slave owner of of their humanity: it destroys their soul.

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