Bodies

On page 382 Harriet Jacob's describes the sexual abuse that enslaved women faced alongside existing physical abuse. What's so powerful about her words are how she protects the experience but shares it as well. The quote specifically shows how Jacob's is able to use her writing to take control over what happened to her without having to relive it. She writes, "I was subjected to such insults no pen can describe. I would not describe them if I could; they were to low, too revolting." With this she shows how the body is constantly a means of creation. Physical and emotional pain comes from the body but stays in the mind and eventually can be expressed through an act such as writing.