Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina and of her final escape and emancipation, Harriet Jacobs's classic narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and published pseduonymously in 1861, tells firsthand of the horrors inflicted on slaves. In writing this extraordinary memoir, which culminates in the seven years she spent hiding in a crawl space in her grandmother's attic, Jacobs skillfully used the literary genres of her time, presenting a thoroughly feminist narrative that portrays the evils and traumas of slavery, particularly for women and children.
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Excellent submitted by nicole on June 18, 2013, 4:06pm An excellent slave narrative
We need to know this. This is our history submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on June 17, 2020, 8:58pm Long past its copyright date, I was able to download this for free (plus there’s always your local library). The thing that has held me back from reading it for as long as I have had it sitting in my reading queue is that I always expect something published in the 1860’s to be challenging language to read. Quite to the contrary, it is straightforward, and the only thing that is difficult about it is the unbearably hard story of what the life of a female slave was like. (I had the same experience reading Solomon Northup’s _12 Years A Slave_.) As a matter of fact, I just re-read my review of Northup’s book, and I think my summary there belongs on _Incidents_ as well: We need to know this. This is our history, White and Black, North and South. This book is a good place to start, or to learn more, or to understand more deeply. Highly recommended (and super easy to get your hands on!)
SERIES
Givens collection.
PUBLISHED
New York : Washington Square Press, c2003.
Year Published: 2003
Description: xxxvi, 277 pages ; 20 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780140437959
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Meriwether, Louise.
SUBJECTS
Jacobs, Harriet A. -- 1813-1897.
Enslaved people -- Biography.
Enslaved women -- Biography.
Enslaved people -- Social conditions.