Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of th…

Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) It covers authors of “original works of authorship” which includes but is not limited to literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, architectural and certain other intellectual works such as web content.

This author presented a harsh version of Southern family lif…

This author presented a harsh version of Southern family life in the slave narrative that bears her name. She focused on the suffering of female slaves and recounts her sexual harassment at the hands of her master. She eventually escaped to freedom in the North.