Product Description

Published in 1861, Harriet Jacobs's "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" was one of the first of the personal slave narratives. At the time this book was first published Harriet Jacobs was living as an escaped slave in the North, a precarious position given the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Originally published under the pseudonym Linda Brent, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" is a gripping first hand account of the brutality endured by slaves and one of the few ever written by a woman.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1884446 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .42 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 124 pages

From Library Journal
Published in 1861, this was one of the first personal narratives by a slave and one of the few written by a woman. Jacobs (1813-97) was a slave in North Carolina and suffered terribly, along with her family, at the hands of a ruthless owner. She made several failed attempts to escape before successfully making her way North, though it took years of hiding and slow progress. Eventually, she was reunited with her children. For all biography and history collections.
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Review
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. One of the major autobiographies of the African American tradition.

Louise Meriwether Harriet Jacobs in her narrative reveals how she refused to be victimized within her own mind, but rather chose to act instead from a steadfast conviction of her own worth....Hers is an example worth emulating even in these modern times.

Ingram
One of the few existing slave narratives authored by a woman, this work offers a unique perspective on the complex plight of a black woman as slave and writer. In a story that emerges the conventions of the slave narrative with the techniques of the sentimental novel, Jacobs describes her ultimately successful struggle for freedom. 2 cassettes