The Slave Mother

Perhaps the greatest irony is the relinquishment of child from mother. What’s shocking the most is when Harper explains, “He is not hers, although she bore For him a mother’s pains; He is not hers although her blood is coursing through his veins!” The most ironic phrase that she emphasizes, “He is not hers”, reveals the devastation slave mothers had to endure when having their children, that one day their child would be taken away from them for good. No one can explain the love a mother has for her child, and this cruel act was projected onto many slave mothers.