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In 1861, Harriet Jacobs became the first formerly enslaved African American woman to publish a book-length account of her life. In crafting her coming-of-age story, she insisted upon biographical accuracy and bold creativity--telling the truth while giving herself and others fictionalized names. She also adapted conventions from two other popular genres: the sentimental novel and the slave narrative. Then, despite facing obstacles not encounte...

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One of the only surviving female slave narratives from the twentieth century, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiographical account written by Harriet Jacobs. The narrative documents the extreme adversity she overcame before she eventually achieved her freedom. Born into slavery, young Harriet was taken into the care of her mother's mistress, who treated her relatively well. However, a few years later, the mistress passed away a...

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When Harriet is six years old, her mother passes away and from conversations she learns for the first time that she is a slave, a commodity who was only allowed to live in her parents' home for safekeeping. It is without a doubt a very harrowing book. Among other things, the author addresses the sexual abuse by some slave owners to whom the women were defenseless, which shocked the reading public at the time. She also denounces the 1850 U.S. F...

When Harriet is six years old, her mother passes away and from conversations she learns for the first time that she is a slave, a commodity who was only allowed to live in her parents' home for safekeeping. It is without a doubt a very harrowing book. Among other things, the author addresses the sexual abuse by some slave owners to whom the women were defenseless, which shocked the reading public at the time. She also denounces the 1850 U.S. F...

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is a genuine story of a woman's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and liberation. It is one of the few remaining slave narratives written by a woman. Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897)'s incredible adventure from enslavement and humiliation in North Carolina to freedom and reunion with her children in the North is chronicled in this autobiographical account. The memoir, written and published in 1861 a...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is a genuine story of a woman's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and liberation. It is one of the few remaining slave narratives written by a woman. Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897)'s incredible adventure from enslavement and humiliation in North Carolina to freedom and reunion with her children in the North is chronicled in this autobiographical account. The memoir, written and published in 1861 a...

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.