appen so the only option for Jacobs was to run away. Her opportunity came when Jacobs rejected Dr. Flint?s offer to become his ?concubine? for the last time. As a punishment, he sent her out to do fieldwork on the plantation, leaving her children in the care of her grandmother (Jacobs 184). Also, Dr. Flint planned to send the kids to work on the plantation as well and upon learning this, she decided to run away (Jacobs 195-197). Jacobs assumed, correctly, as it turned out, that Dr. Flint would sell her children if she fled (Jacobs 193). Jacobs's white lover, Mr. Sands, sent a speculator to Dr. Flint to purchase her children, and Dr. Flint sold them without knowing for whom the speculator was working (Jacobs 209-211). Secure in the belief that her children were safe, Jacobs spent the next seven years of her life hidden in a tiny room over a storeroom in her grandmother's house (Jacobs 249). Jacobs had finally escaped from bondage so her children could escape from bondage. In later years after going through some other obstacles, Jacobs and her two children finally united and formed a family she had always yearned for.During the several years Jacobs stayed with the Flint family, she was very much isolated. Throughout the book, Dr. Flint wanted Jacobs all to himself. One time when Jacobs went to a small party, Dr. Flint found out and became enraged. He told Jacobs that she didn?t belong at the party. What he meant by that was Jacobs belonged at his home to serve him. Then he asked Jacobs if she was allowed to visit such people. And by this, Dr. Flint implied that Jacobs could not go out to see other people or make any friends (Jacobs 183-184). Also, when Jacobs was hiding from Dr. Flint in the tiny room for seven years, there was no way possible for her to make any companions (Jacobs 249). Thus, Jacobs didn?t have many friends.After years of seclusion in the secret room, the time came for Jacobs to escape to the north. On the escape vessel,...
