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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Large Print Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Jacobs, Harriet Ann

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Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) was born into slavery in North Carolina, but escaped to the north to flee her owner's sexual advances. This autobiography was published under a pseudonym in 1861 to protect her family. She became involved with the Anti-Slavery Society, speaking at meetings in support of abolition. The book was aimed at middle-class white women, and stresses the impact of slavery on women's chastity, as slaves were frequently sexually exploited. She is highly critical of the nominal Christianity of the culture of the southern States. Much of the narrative deals with her efforts to regain her children, who had remained her master's property. Jacobs' first-hand account was an early publication of its type, and many found the abuse she suffered shocking and unbelievable. Jacobs became a role model for freed slaves, in taking control of her life, and helping others to adapt through education.

The Deeper Wrong: Or, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition)

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Cambridge University Press

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Jacobs, Mrs. Harriet (Brent)

Nabu Press

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Child, Harriet Ann

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

BiblioBazaar

This vintage book contains Harriet Ann Jacobs' 1861 autobiography, “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”. It chronicles Jacobs' life as a female slave and documents how she attained freedom both for herself and for her children. Within this volume she explores the life of female slaves on plantations, the abuse and hardships that they had to endure, and their desperate efforts to protect their children. “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” represents an authentic insight into the lives of female slaves in pre-emancipation America and is highly recommended for those with an interest in American history. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction. First published in 1861.

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A first hand account of the brutality of slavery from a slave woman's perspective, first published in 1861.

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was one of the first slave narratives, and is a must-read for anyone interested in African American history. In this autobiography, Harriet Ann Jacobs (originally using the pseudonym Linda Brent) wrote about her struggle for freedom and the sexual abuse she endured. It's an intense memoir, and an eye-opening glimpse into the way humans will abuse other humans. It's also a testament to the strength of the human spirit as she gains her freedom, living to share her story. 
 This Large Print Edition is presented in easy-to-read 16 point type.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Large Print Edition

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is a slave narrative that was published in 1861 by Harriet Ann Jacobs, using the pen name "Linda Brent." The book is an in-depth chronological account of Jacobs's life as a slave, and the decisions and choices she made to gain freedom for herself and her children. It addresses the struggles and sexual abuse that young women slaves faced on the plantations, and how these struggles were harsher than what men suffered as slaves. The book is considered sentimental and written to provoke an emotional response and sympathy from the reader toward slavery in general and slave women in particular[citation needed] for their struggles with rape, the pressure to have sex at an early age, the selling of their children, and the treatment of female slaves by their mistresses. Jacobs began composing Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl while living and working at Idlewild, the Hudson River home of writer and publisher Nathaniel Parker Willis, who was fictionalized in the book as Mr. Bruce. Portions of the book were published in serial form in the New-York Tribune, owned and edited by Horace Greeley. Jacobs's reports of sexual abuse were considered too shocking to the average newspaper reader of the day, and publication ceased before the completion of the narrative. Boston publishing house Phillips and Samson agreed to print the work in book form if Jacobs could convince Willis or Harriet Beecher Stowe to provide a preface. She refused to ask Willis for help and Stowe turned her down, though the Phillips and Samson company closed anyway. She eventually managed to sign an agreement with the Thayer &amp; Eldridge publishing house and they requested a preface by Lydia Maria Child. Child also edited the book and the company introduced her to Jacobs. The two women remained in contact for much of their remaining lives. Thayer &amp; Eldridge, however, declared bankruptcy before the narrative could be published.

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Large Print Edition)

The Deeper Wrong: Or, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition)

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Jacobs, Mrs. Harriet (Brent)

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

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

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

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Large Print Edition

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl