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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
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Product Description
In what has become a landmark of American history and literature, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl recounts the incredible but true story of Harriet Jacobs, born a slave in North Carolina in 1813. Her tale gains its importance from her descriptions, in great and painful detail, of the sexual exploitation that daily haunted her lifeand the life of every other black female slave.
As a child, Harriet Jacobs remained blissfully unaware that she was a slave until the deaths of both her mother and a benevolent mistress exposed her to a sexually predatory master, Dr. Flint. Determined to escape, she spends seven years hidden away in a garret in her grandmother’s house, three feet high at its tallest point, with almost no air or light, and with only glimpses of her children to sustain her courage. In the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, she finally wins her battle for freedom by escaping to the North in 1842.
A powerful, unflinching portrayal of the brutality of slave life, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl stands alongside Frederick Douglass’s classic autobiographies as one of the most significant slave narratives ever written.
Farah Jasmine Griffin is Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African American Studies at Columbia University in New York City.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #654586 in Books
- Published on: 2005-03-28
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 7.25" h x 5.00" w x .50" l, .49 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 272 pages
Editorial Reviews
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
