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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself

by Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897

BookID: 11030

Language:English

Editor:Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Enslaved women -- United States -- BiographyEnslaved persons -- United States -- BiographyEnslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditionsJacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897

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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself" by Harriet A. Jacobs is an autobiography published in 1861. Written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, Jacobs recounts her experiences as an enslaved woman and mother who endured sexual abuse and years of hiding before escaping to freedom. She addresses Northern white women directly, revealing the particular horrors faced by enslaved mothers and challenging prevailing notions of womanhood that excluded Black women from their protection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

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