| Sumario: | The complex histories of the antebellum South in the United States and the Industrial North in England foreground the issue of inequality on both sides of the Atlantic. This article analyzes the differences and similarities between the two types of oppression that resulted from and further intensified racial and/or class inequalities in the two countries. Focusing on Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Toni's Cabin 0 852), Elizabeth Gaskells North and South (1 855). and Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), the articles main concern is to examine how these narratives, published during the decade that preceded the Civil War in the United States and during the time when English manufacturers from the North enjoyed prosperity. portrayed and explained the differences and similarities in the lives of African slaves in the United States and poor workers in England. Attempting to draw parallels between the two types of oppression. these texts discuss racial and class inequalities closely investigating the intricate issue of enslavement. Questioning the crucial difference between being poor and being enslaved, the narratives compare the living conditions of laborers and slaves. tackling the profound issues of exploitation. ownership. capitalism. and racism.
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