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Love for a slave is very restricted. It's restricted because usually when they are actually in love with someone they are not allowed to be that person except to have children. The owners want the children because then they get more slaves that they can sell. Slaves are also forced into relationships with their owners, and Jacobs even says that it is bad to be pretty because then the owners will want to pursue a relationship with them. Jacobs was lucky that her owner, Dr. Flint, did not try to force anything with her. He wanted it to be sincere which was very surprising for that time period. It makes the story seem so much more real that Jacobs doesn't just say he's an animal and lie about what happened she shows that there was compasion but that there is no such thing as happiness or kindness when you're in slavery.