Incidents in the life of a slave girl

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Incidents in the life of a slave girl

written by herself

Simplified ed.
  • 4.0 (8 ratings) ·
  • 240 Want to read
  • 15 Currently reading
  • 18 Have read

Born into slavery, Harriet Jacobs has no rights - not even the right to marry the man she loves. Instead, she is faced with the demands of a master who believes he is entitled not only to her labor, but to her body. Only great courage, wit, and determination will allow Harriet to preserve her self-respect - and someday win her freedom. This autobiography tells the true story of a remarkable woman.

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Townsend Press
Language
English
Pages
152

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Edition Notes

"Edited to make [it] more accessible to today's readers"--Publisher's Web site.

Published in
West Berlin, NJ
Series
The Townsend library, Townsend Library

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.5/67/092, B
Library of Congress
E444.J17 A3 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
152 pages
Number of pages
152

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32107739M
Internet Archive
incidentsinlifeo0000jaco
ISBN 10
1591940265
ISBN 13
9781591940265
LCCN
2003116571
OCLC/WorldCat
54983290

Work Description

The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl remains among the few extant slave narratives written by a woman. This autobiographical account chronicles the remarkable odyssey of Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897) whose dauntless spirit and faith carried her from a life of servitude and degradation in North Carolina to liberty and reunion with her children in the North.
Written and published in 1861 after Jacobs' harrowing escape from a vile and predatory master, the memoir delivers a powerful and unflinching portrayal of the abuses and hypocrisy of the master-slave relationship. Jacobs writes frankly of the horrors she suffered as a slave, her eventual escape after several unsuccessful attempts, and her seven years in self-imposed exile, hiding in a coffin-like "garret" attached to her grandmother's porch.
A rare firsthand account of a courageous woman's determination and endurance, this inspirational story also represents a valuable historical record of the continuing battle for freedom and the preservation of family.

Excerpts

I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away.
added anonymously.

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