Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Contexts, Criticisms
- ISBN-10
- 0393976378
- ISBN-13
- 9780393976373
- Series
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 390
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Company Incorporated
- Author
- Harriet Ann Jacobs
Description
""Contexts" includes contemporary responses to Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by William C. Nell and Lydia Maria Child, among others; twelve related letters and articles by Jacobs published in newspapers during the period from 1853 to 1868; and documents tracing Jacobs's life and achievements as a free woman, including her establishment of a school in Alexandria, Virginia.".
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