Harriet Jacobs, author of the short story Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl, describes in vivid detail her trials and tribulations growing up in slavery. One incident he describes concerns the years he wrestled under the ownership of Dr. and Mrs. Flint. Jacobs describes the disgusting and inappropriate actions that Dr. Flint displays with the singular goal of forcing her into sexual submission. This was just a type of mental torture she had to endure for years, always having to evade his advances but never being too aggressive in trying to avoid his overtures for fear of physical retaliation. This kind of mental agony against a young girl can create emotional scars like never before