1861 title page · UNC Documenting the American South, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain in the U.S.
Memoir
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
About this book
Writing under the name Linda Brent, Harriet Jacobs describes the sexual coercion she faced under slavery and her efforts to protect her children. A long period of hiding close to home changes what escape means for her family. Jacobs makes the choices forced on enslaved women central to her testimony and addresses readers directly about them.
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Kindle ebook · Penguin Classics · ISBN 9781101128077
Edition and subjects
- Publisher
- Ryerson Pressbooks
- Edition date
- 2022-02-15
- First published
- 1861
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