The Narrative “The Life of Fredrick Douglass” and Harriet Jacobs “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”

Explain how, in both their slave narratives, Douglass and Jacobs characterized the liberation of their personhood as a struggle to reclaim their own particular sense of masculinity and femininity. Analyze how each author’s narrative details how the institution of slavery, not only stripped slaves of their equal rights as human beings( both legally and physically), but also deprived slaves of a sense of dignity on the level of their gender and sexuality. The paper can be approached as a comparison/contrast and provide strong examples to support this answer.5-6 page double-spacedMust contain a thesis statement with body paragraphs that support your argument and interpretation.Must be argumentative rather than summative.Must incorporate a minimum of twelve citations( direct quotes) from the texts examined.Must provide documentation and a works cited page for any outside resources other than the textbook.Must provide parenthetical references (i.e., page numbers) for all quotes.Must use MLA formatting rulesMust be submitted as a doc. or a docx file.The Literature Book: The Norton Anthology American Literature (Shorter Tenth Edition)

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