Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs - ISBN: 9780593230367
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A slave girl’s story of courage, freedom, and breaking the silence.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    13 April 2021

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Summary

The most famous autobiography written by a nineteenth-century African American woman, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is a triumph of American literature and the unflinching narrative that broke the silence on the psychosexual exploitation of African-American women.

The unflinching nineteenth-century autobiography that broke the silence on the psychosexual exploitation of Black women—with an introduction by Tiya Miles, author of All That She Carried and Nationa…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780593230367
ISBN-10:0593230361
Author:Harriet Jacobs
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Random House USA Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:13 April 2021
Weight:228g
Dimensions:203mm x 132mm
Series:Modern Library Torchbearers
About The Author

Harriet Jacobs

Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897) was born into slavery in North Carolina. She became a mother at sixteen, a fugitive slave at twenty-two, and, in January 1861 at the age of forty-eight, the author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. During the Civil War, Jacobs and her daughter, Louisa, returned to the South to aid African American refugees. Following the Civil War, they built an orphanage and home for African American children and elders in Savannah, Georgia.

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