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Incidents in the life of a slave girl : written by herself

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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.

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2004, Townsend Press
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2003, Washington Square Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Cambridge, Mass
Series
The John Harvard Library
Genre
Biography

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.7/115092, B
Library of Congress
E444.J17 A3 2009, E444.J17A3 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
496

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23217996M
Internet Archive
incidentsinlifeo0000jaco_c7e9
ISBN 13
9780674035836
LCCN
2009016471
OCLC/WorldCat
318875574, 461312034
Library Thing
25443
Goodreads
6632104

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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