How+did+the+experiences+and+obstacles+differ+for+Frederick+Douglass+and+Harriet+Jacobs+on+their+journey+to+freedom?

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In my introduction, I provided some background information on the difficulty in a slave's journey to freedom. I stated my inquiry question, "How did the experiences and obstacles differ for Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs in gaining their freedom?" I provided the two primary resources that I would be using to answer the inquiry question. The two primary resources are: =====
 * Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of __#|Harvard__ UniversityPress, 2009.
 * Jacobs, Harriet. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. New York, New York: Penguin Group, 2000.

//Historical Context //
My two primary sources were published between 1845-1861. In this section of my paper, I will focus on events leading up to the Civil War and after the beginning of the war. I will include information about abolition and women's rights movements as well as the beginning of the war after the succession of the southern states. Frederick Douglass was an active leader in the abolition movement before and during the Civil War. Harriet Jacobs was involved in many women's rights movements and her autobiography was unique because it provided a voice for female slaves.

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Both autobiographies provide evidence that life was different for male and female slaves. While most slaves faced painful beatings and other harsh punishments, female slaves were often taken advantage of and sexually mistreated by their masters. Harriet Jacobs was continuously harassed and humiliated by her master, and describes how he took advantage of other female slaves. Frederick Douglass provides an account in his autobiography about standing up to one of his masters and fighting back after taking a harsh beating. This kind of behavior was more common among male slaves because they were stronger and felt more powerful than female slaves. =====

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A second factor that played a role in a slave’s escape to freedom was location. Many slaves lived in the same place their entire life and never had the opportunity to learn the land of become educated. Frederick Douglass is a prime example of a slave that lived in the city and on the plantation. He was moved back and forth several times, and this experience educated him on the structure of slavery and how whites wanted to keep slaves uneducated so they would never obtain freedom. Harriet Jacobs never had the opportunity to travel away from the Norcoms home in North Carolina, and she had to hide for seven years in order to escape to freedom. I also included some information about how the location of slaves in general affected escape. Slaves that lived closer to the North had a better chance of escaping to one of those states as opposed to slaves in the southern states. =====

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A third factor that played a role in slave’s escape to freedom was the treatment they received from their masters. Although it is common to think that all slave owners were cruel and mistreated their slaves, both Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass provided evidence of a master that was not. Harriet Jacobs describes her first master as kind and like a mother, but her experiences with the Norcoms was the complete opposite. Frederick Douglass was never harshly beaten until he began working for Covey on the plantation. Douglass claims that it was hard to live with a kind master and then be forced to live under a master that was cruel and mistreated slaves. I included the exact quote in my paper. =====

//Conclusion // In my conclusion, I revisited each of the three factors discussed in my paper: gender, location, and treatment received from masters. I referred back to a few of the examples and events that I used in my analysis.

**Rough Draft**
This is a rough __#|draft__ of my information. I still need to make grammatical corrections and do some research on the Chicago style for my citations.

After figuring out how to correctly use the footnotes in my paper for Chicago style, I am __#|close__ to being finished with my final __#|draft__. I read through my paper a few times and corrected some grammatical mistakes and shifted some information around. I __#|plan__ to __#|print__ out a hard copy to read in order to make my final corrections and put on the finishing touches!

**Final Draft- Due October 2, 2012**
I read through my paper about three times and made a few more changes. I reviewed the Chicago Style Manual and created my title page and numbered each page of the paper. This was helpful because I had to change the page numbers from the bottom to the top and add my last name. I also made sure my bibliography was formatted correctly before I finished. The footnotes were frustrating for me at first, but I watched a tutorial on how to insert them on __#|Microsoft__ Word and it made the process a lot easier! After several drafts and a lot of time spent revising and editing, I can finally say that I am finished. My final __#|draft__ is attached below.

Paul Harvey Video- Due November 9, 2012
media type="youtube" key="D0ui8dU6k6I?rel=0" height="360" width="480" The file was too large to upload on the CED server, so I published it on YouTube. Here is the link to my video: []