Incidents in the life of a slave girl : written by herself / by Harriet Jacobs ; with related documents ; edited with an introduction by Jennifer Fleischner, Adelphi University.

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"Harriet Jacobs's 1861 autobiography was the first written narrative by a female slave in America. Using the pseudonym Linda, Jacobs recounts the horrors of her life as a slave and a mother. She documents the physical and sexual abuse she went through prior to her escape from slavery and gaining fre...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Bedford series in history and culture.
Main Author: Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897 (Author)
Other Authors: Fleischner, Jennifer (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, Macmillan Learning, [2020]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Bedford series in history and culture.
Subjects:
Jacobs, Harriet A. > (Harriet Ann), > 1813-1897.
Enslaved persons > United States > Biography.
Enslaved women > United States > Biography.
Slavery > United States > Personal narratives.
Enslaved persons > United States > Social conditions.
United States.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Physical Description:xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Format: Book

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