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

Name: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself
Author: Harriet A. Jacobs
ISBN: 9781787365469

Author: Harriet A. Jacobs
Series: African Library
Language: English
Length: 226 pages
ISBN: 9781787365469
Published: 18 January 2023
Imprint: Sovereign

african american
african
black culture
black heritage
discrimination
racism
salvery
equality
inequality
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet A. Jacobs is a seminal text in African American literature in its exploration of the slave experience from a female point of view. The work offers an intimate and direct account of how oppression, racism, and sexism shaped the life of one individual but can be extrapolated to encompass the experiences of enslaved African Americans as a whole.

Author

Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813–1897) wrote one of the most important American slave narratives — Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Published under the pseudonym Linda Brent, the book tells of enslavement, sexual predation, years of concealment, and the fight for freedom with a candour rare in its time. Jacobs wrote as both witness and advocate, shaping how later readers understood the particular suffering of enslaved women.

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