Title: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Subtitle: Written by Herself
First published: 2000
Description: The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl remains among the few extant slave narratives written by a woman. This autobiographical account chronicles the remarkable odyssey of Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897) whose dauntless spirit and faith carried her from a life of servitude and degradation in North Carolina to liberty and reunion with her children in the North.
Written and published in 1861 after Jacobs' harrowing escape from a vile and predatory master, the memoir delivers a powerful and unflinching portrayal of the abuses and hypocrisy of the master-slave relationship. Jacobs writes frankly of the horrors she suffered as a slave, her eventual escape after several unsuccessful attempts, and her seven years in self-imposed exile, hiding in a coffin-like "garret" attached to her grandmother's porch.
A rare firsthand account of a courageous woman's determination and endurance, this inspirational story also represents a valuable historical record of the continuing battle for freedom and the preservation of family.
Subjects: Women slaves, United States, Slaves, Social conditions, Biography, Autobiografie, Erlebnisbericht, Sklaverei, Jacobs, harriet a. (harriet ann), 1813-1897, Slaves, united states, Slaves, united states, social conditions, Women, united states, biography, Condition of slaves, Slavery, Biography & Autobiography, History, Nonfiction, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, 1000blackgirlbooks, Esclavage, Conditions sociales, Esclaves, Incidents, Esclave (femme), Document, African American women, Personal narratives, Classic Literature, Fiction, Women, united states, social conditions, Sexual abuse victims, Slaves' writings, Slaves, social conditions, United states, history, Fiction, historical, general, Biographies, Femmes esclaves, Récits personnels, Slave narratives, Enslaved women, Enslaved persons, united states, social conditions, Enslaved persons, united states, United states, biography, Enslaved persons, Girls, biography, Long Now Manual for Civilization
Places: United States, North Carolina
People: Harriet A. Jacobs (1813-1897), John S. Jacobs (1815-1875), Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897)
Time periods: 19th century