family, but even in the intercourse of with free-day life, african-americans, other white people in edenton, jacobs has a kind of world that becomes critical to understanding how she resists the doctor and ultimately how she escapes. it is that proximity to other people. celia, by contrast, you are absolutely right. what her life was like in audr county, we can't say. we do not know. we certainly know when she makes that brief migration to fulton and to the farm, she is clearly without family, without acquaintances, and the isolation of that farm, many miles from downtown fulton means she does not have the access to allies, to information, to resources that jacobs herself had. that is most vividly underscored by the question of family. we know the role that family plays, the powerful role that family plays for harriet jacobs, her grandmother and her uncle, who not only provide psychological support, but they are buttresses for jacobs's critique of her own condition. she has these kind of family interlocutors who are critical to her developing critique and her resistance to dr. flint over ti

. -- ther the story pseudonym for the father of manbs's owner, the way this kept his household in edenton, north carolina over the course threatening, almost ultimately have access to jacobs's body, to have sexual relations with her. it is so present in her life, we , shein the broad strokes will ultimately secret herself away for a dramatic seven years in the attic of her isndmother's home until she finally able to make her way north into freedom. how do we compare these two stories? onobs on one hand and celia the other? compareways should we them? in what ways are the stories similar stories, and in what way are they contrasting stories? katie. >> [indiscernible] jacobs and celia had, at least jacobs had her grandmother and other family members. her whiteappeal to lover to protector, but celia did not have that. she had george maybe. >> [indiscernible] given the fact that she was so much more isolated in her environment. >> good. what about other folks? how would you compare these two women? these were not put up by accident. on the left you have the title page from jacobs's book. on t

in the intercourse of her day to day life with free african-americans, with other white people in edentonas a kind of world, right that becomes critical to understanding how she resists the doctor and ultimately how she escapes. it is that proximity to other people celia, by contrast, you're absolutely right, what her life was like we can't say, we don't know. but certainly, we know that when we makes that brief migration, if you will from audreyian to fulton to the newsom farm, she is clearly without family and without acquaintances, and the isolation of that farm, many miles from downtown fulton means that she doesn't have the kind of access to allies to information, to resources that jacobs herself had. that's most vividly underscored by the question of family, isn't it? we know the role that family plays a powerful role that family plays for harriet jacobs her grandmother and her uncle early on who not only provide her psychological support, but they are a sort of moral compass, if you will, that buttresses jacob's critique of her own condition, that she has these kinds of family inte

in the intercourse of her day to day life with free african-americans, with other white people in edentonhat jacobs has a world that becomes critical to understanding how she are resist it is doctor and how she escapes. you're right. what her life was like, we can't say. we don't know. certainly we know that when she makes the brief migration from audrian to fulton and the newsome farm she's clearly without family without acquaintances and the isolation of the farm, many miles from small downtown fulton means she doesn't have the kind of access to allies, to information, to le sources that jacobs herself had. that's most vividly under scored by the question of family, isn't it? we know the role that family plays. the powerful role that family plays for harriet jacobs. her grandmother and her uncle early on who not only provide her psychological support. but they are a sort of moral compass, if you will. it butt residence s jacobs's critique of her mission, that she has these family interlokiters who are critical to her resistance over time. celia and george by the time newsome is killed.