Deeper Wrong - Or, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Klappentext This 1861 account of life as a slave made an impassioned plea for the cause of abolition in America. Zusammenfassung Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813–1897) was born into slavery in North Carolina, but escaped to the north. She became involved with the Anti-Slavery Society, and her autobiography was published in 1861. Jacobs' first-hand account of the abuse suffered by slaves, especially women, caused shock and outrage. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface by the author; Introduction by the editor; 1. Childhood; 2. The new master and mistress; 3. The slaves' New Year's Day; 4. The slave who dared to feel like a man; 5. The trials of girlhood; 6. The jealous mistress; 7. The lover; 8. What slaves are taught to think about the north; 9. Sketches of neighboring slaveholders; 10. A perilous passage in the slave girl's life; 11. The new tie to life; 12. Fear of insurrection; 13. The church and slavery; 14. Another link to life; 15. Continued persecutions; 16. Scenes at the plantation; 17. The flight; 18. Months of peril; 19. The children sold; 20. New perils; 21. The loophole of retreat; 22. Christmas festivities; 23. Still in prison; 24. The candidate for Congress; 25. Competition in cunning; 26. Important era in my brother's life; 27. New destination for the children; 28. Aunt Nancy; 29. Preparations for escape; 30. Northward bound; 31. Incidents in Philadelphia; 32. The meeting of mother and daughter; 33. A home found; 34. The old enemy again; 35. Prejudice against color; 36. The hair-breadth escape; 37. A visit to England; 38. Renewed invitation to go south; 39. The confession; 40. The fugitive slave law; 41. Free at last; Appendix.

Product details

• Authors: Harriet Ann Jacobs, Jacobs Harriet Ann
• Assisted by: Lydia Maria Child (Editor), Child Lydia Maria (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.01.2011
• EAN: 9781108025010
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02501-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Autobiography: historical, political & military, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery