Since Harriet Jacobs could represent the female side right along with Douglass's account people began to grasp a better understanding of the entire picture. As powerful as their stories were, Jacobs stresses the real pain and mistreatment is not describable and cannot truly be expressed through words. \"No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery... When she is fourteen or fifteen, her owner, or his sons, or the overseer, or perhaps all of them, begin to bribe her with presents. If these fail to accomplish their purpose, she is whipped or starved into submission to their will.\" (Gates 497) J acobs's narration is so strong because it represented how out of hand the situation had become, if her already horrifying account didn't have words to describe the situation to its fullest extent. With the debilitating evidence of corruption and barbaric dominance Douglass and Jacobs expose, they present their audience with a sickening realization. In order to remain in power corruption becomes malignant among its followers who have to keep going further to guarantee the security of their farm and reputation