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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by HerselfHarriet A. Jacobs

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

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Original author: Harriet A. Jacobs

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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself" by Harriet A. Jacobs is an autobiography published in 1861. Written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, Jacobs recounts her experiences as an enslaved woman and mother who endured sexual abuse and years of hiding before escaping to freedom. She addresses Northern white women directly, revealing the particular horrors faced by enslaved mothers and challenging prevailing notions of womanhood that excluded Black women from their protection.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, by Harriet A. Jacobs. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #11030.

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12 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter (1)8,739 words
  2. 2.Front Matter (2)8,861 words
  3. 3.Front Matter (3)3,018 words
  4. 4.Chapter X: A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl’s Life (1)8,773 words
  5. 5.Chapter X: A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl’s Life (2)8,785 words
  6. 6.Chapter X: A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl’s Life (3)8,614 words
  1. 7.Chapter X: A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl’s Life (4)8,769 words
  2. 8.Chapter X: A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl’s Life (5)8,932 words
  3. 9.Chapter X: A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl’s Life (6)3,673 words
  4. 10.Chapter XXXIII: A Home Found5,640 words
  5. 11.Chapter XXXVII: A Visit To England7,830 words
  6. 12.Appendix745 words