Accidents in the Life of a Slave is written by Harriet Ann Jacobs and edited by L. Maria Child. Harriet writes this story as Linda Brent; a girl born into slavery, who suffers and fights for her freedom (and then for the freedom of her children). Although Linda was born into slavery, she did not realize this until she was six. As a child she was cared for by a kind lover who promised her mother to take care of her and protect her. When this lover died, Linda hoped for her freedom. Unfortunately, she was handed over to the Flint family, where she grew up until she was a teenager. His life in this house was miserable, and like many slaves, he many times wished his life would end. Her first true love was denied her. He hoped that this free man could gain his freedom. The only way this could happen was to put it on the market for sale. Mr. Flint denied it to him, giving the excuse that it was his daughter's property and he could not sell it. After having to give up her first love, Linda's only hope for escape was Mr. Sands; her white lover and father of her two children. Life as a slave was boring and full of pain, many of them hoped that death would come and take them away. They were constantly whipped, locked in prison, starved; and unfortunately the young and beautiful girls, mistreated by their masters. When Linda and Benjamin (her brother) were brought to their new owner's home, Benjamin said that “[they] were dogs [there]; balls, cattle, everything petty. Their old mistress cared for them so much that when they entered the Flints' house, they immediately felt how cold this family was towards their slaves. Harriet states that "No pen could give an adequate description... in the middle of paper... which "made her sad to find how the North aped the customs of slavery." This story told by Harriet portrays the reality of how badly they were treated slaves in the South and how they didn't really get the freedom they sought in the North Using primary sources to study the history of slavery is very important, because that is the only way to get a true picture of what it really meant to be one. slave A secondary source can only teach you what we all can say, “slavery was bad.” Although one primary source has stories of their daily suffering and hopes for freedom, although the North offered more “freedom” to slaves, they still did not have an egalitarian culture and society The South has exploited them much more, but the North continues to belittle them by giving them the smallest and worthless things, while the whites have left the best for themselves...