Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Linda BrentHarriet Ann Jacobs used the pseudonym Linda Brent. The book documents Jacobs' life as a slave and how she gained freedom for herself and for her children.
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: An Autobiographical Account of an Escaped Slave and Abolitionist
By Harriet Ann JacobsShe published the narrative in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent, and the book was written as a novel with fictionalized characters to protect Jacobs from retribution by her former owners. (Dr.
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Harriet Jacobs, Linda BrentShe became an abolitionist speaker and reformer. Jacobs wrote an autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, first serialized in a newspaper and published as a book in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent.
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Harriet A. JacobsIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl By Harriet A. Jacobs
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Harriet Ann JacobsFrom the musings of literary geniuses like Mark Twain in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to the striking personal narrative of Solomon Northup in Twelve Years a Slave, this new series is a comprehensive collection of our history through ...
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Harriet JacobsThis edition includes the short memoir by Jacobs's brother, John S. Jacobs, 'A True Tale of Slavery'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe.
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself
By Harriet Ann JacobsIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Harriet Ann JacobsUnder the pseudonym "Linda Brent," Jacobs recounts within the book the horrific injustices she encountered: sexual abuse, extreme cruelty, exploitation, being denied motherhood when her children are sold to another slave owner.
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Harriet JacobsHow earnestly I prayed to him to restore me to my children , and enable me to be a useful woman and a good mother ! At last the day arrived for the return of the travellers . Grandmother had made loving preparations to welcome her ...
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Harriet Ann JacobsPublished in 1861, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" was one of the first personal narratives by a slave and one of the few written by a woman.
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Harriet Ann JacobsIn a story that merges the conventions of the slave narrative with the techniques of the sentimental novel, Harriet Jacobs describes her efforts to fight off the advances of her master, her eventual liaison with another white man (the ...
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Harriet Ann JacobsFrom the musings of literary geniuses like Mark Twain in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to the striking personal narrative of Solomon Northup in Twelve Years a Slave, this new series is a comprehensive collection of our history through ...
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself
By Harriet JacobsReaders trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Harriet JacobsThe author recounts her childhood in slavery, the abuse she suffered, her escape to the North and the help she received from both blacks and whites, and documents the degradation and injustices of slavery. Reissue.
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Harriet Ann JacobsFrom her seven years in hiding in a tiny garret in her grandmother's home, to her harrowing escape north to reunion with her children and freedom, Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl remains an outstanding example of a woman's ...
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Harriet JacobsHarriet Jacobs was not an ordinary slave girl, and her autobiography is not merely a catalogue of the miseries of slavery.
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself (Classic Reprint)
By Harriet A. JacobsAs Linda Brent, the book's heroine and narrator, Harriet Jacobs recounts the history of her family and recalls the degradation of slavery, especially the sexual oppression she experienced as a slave woman.
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: The Givens Collection
By Harriet JacobsHarriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is one of the most compelling accounts of slavery and one of the most unique of the one hundred or so slave narratives—mostly written by men—published before the Civil War.
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Harriet A. JacobsReprint of the original, first published in 1861.