Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Paperback - 2001
by Jacobs, Harriet A
- Used
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- Title Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- Author Jacobs, Harriet A
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, Incorporated, Mineola, NY
- Date 2001-11-09
- Bookseller's Inventory # GRP71434847
- ISBN 9780486419312 / 0486419312
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5 x 0.5 in (20.07 x 12.70 x 1.27 cm)
- Ages 11 to UP years
- Grade levels 6 - UP
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Slaves - United States, Women slaves - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001032350
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the publisher
From the rear cover
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.
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Citations
- Library Journal, 02/15/2002, Page 184
- Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2002, Page 47
