<I>Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written By Herself</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1861
name: label: Written by
content: Harriet Ann Jacobs, American, 1813 - 1897
label: Edited by
content: Lydia Maria Child, American, 1802 - 1880
label: Published by
content: Lydia Maria Child, American, 1802 - 1880
notes: label: Description
content: A rebound American first edition of Harriet A. Jacob’s “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself.” The book’s front and back cover has a marbled design of beige, black, and white. The spine binding is black leather with gilt lettering [Incidents / Slave Girl / Harriet Jacobs / 1861] and five raised bands. The book begins with a preface by the author signed in letterpress "Linda Brent," the pseudonym of Harriet Jacobs. Jacobs provides a vivid account of being an enslaved woman, from girlhood to adulthood, including the constant exposure to sexual predators and risk of sexual assault, the heartache and joys of motherhood, and the desperation for freedom. The second blank interior page has an inscription that indicates the book belonged to a Mrs. G.W. Groson (illegible). The book is 306 pages.
place: label: Place printed
content: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Fugitive enslaved
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Self-liberation
label: Topic
content: Sexual abuse
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: Violence
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Youth
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Anti-slavery movements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.97.6
objectType: label: Type
content: narratives
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper; cardboard and leather
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Closed): 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (19.7 × 14 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Open): 10 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (26 × 14 cm)