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The New Tie to Life
Jacobs describes the birth of her son, Dr. Flint's furious response, and Mr. Sands's private assurances about the child's future, alongside her grief that slavery leaves her no name of her own to give him.
Birth of Jacobs's sonDr. Flint's reactionMr. Sands's private assurancesA mother's grief over a child born without a name to inherit