Jacobs met her old friend Fanny. Jacobs had been isolated from the outside world for seven years and now was the perfect time for her to form a special bond with another person of the same race who experienced similar sufferings. In the vessel, Fanny renewed Jacobs? value of friendship. There, they escaped from slavery and comforted each other and became even greater friends (Jacobs 259-261). These narratives are just two of many stories told by the slaves of America. Douglass and Jacobs were both writing as an unselfish act. They both wrote for the slaves whose voices were silenced and could not write or speak out on their own (Appiah 9). They wished to free their fellow slaves down in the south who were less fortunate and unable to escape. ...
