interrupted by an old slave woman, a near neighbor, named Aggie. This poor old creature had witnessed the sale of her children, and seen them carried off to parts unknown, without any hopes of ever hearing from them again.\" (Gates 581) Through all the pain and suffering slaves were subject to, Jacobs describes consistent love and affection which comes to show they did nothing to deserve the abuse, but instead it is a product of the debilitating effects slavery has on man