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12 Years a Slave  This picture is from  africana-studies.williams.edu .  A movie must be made with the mindset of educating people to be able to accomplish that feat. 12 Years a Slave was made into a movie with the intention of being historically accurate and poignant, and because of that simple truth it is not just possible but unavoidable that you learn about history from this movie. This is proven through a comparison between the movie and a slave narrative of the same time period, interviews with a member of the cast as well as the director, and a historical film critic's perspective of the movie. It is made evident through the similarities between movie   12 Years a Slave and the Slave narrative Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl , by Harriet Ann Jacobs, that a great deal of historical information can be taught from a movie. Harriet Jacobs experiences many of the same situations as Patsey and Solomon Northup in 12 Years a Slave . Simila...

Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl  In the Slave narrative  Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl , by Harriet Ann Jacobs, Harriet retells the story of her life as a slave from beginning to end. Harriet's life began with a loving family consisting of a skilled father a loving mother and a little brother named Willie. Her entire family were technically slaves but her father was such a skilled carpenter that he was allowed to live in his own house and pay his mistress a certain amount of money per year to have his two children and his wife live with him. Harriet talks a lot about her grandmother throughout the story as she was a key loving supportive figure in Harriet's life. Harriet's grandmother was a slave as well and a superb cook who was loved by everyone who met her. Harriet's grandmother was permitted by her mistress to make money from baking after she had finished all of her work for the day. One day her mistress asked for $300 from Harriet's gra...