Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

This powerful and unflinching memoir by young mother and fugitive slave, Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813 -1897), remains among the few remaining slave narratives written by a woman.

About the author

Harriet Jacobs[1] (1813 -1897) was an African-American writer. Born into slslavery in Edenton, North Carolina, she was sexually harassed by her master. When he threatened to sell her children, she hid in a tiny crawlspace under the roof of her grandmother's house, where she wasn't even able to stand. After staying there for seven years, she finally managed to escape to New York, where she was reunited with her children.

Product details

• Authors: Harriet Jacobs, Jacobs Harriet
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.06.2020
• EAN: 9781722503024
• ISBN: 978-1-72250-302-4
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, civil rights, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional