Harriet Ann Jacobs
Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) was an African-American writer who escaped from slavery and became an abolitionist speaker and reformer. Her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, was one of the first slave narratives to explore female slaves' struggles with sexual harassment and abuse and described their efforts to protect themselves and their children.
Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) was an African-American writer who escaped from slavery and became an abolitionist speaker and reformer. Her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, was one of the first slave narratives to explore female slaves' struggles with sexual harassment and abuse and described their efforts to protect themselves and their children. See less
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Harriet Ann Jacobs book reviews
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
My mother read this before I did and we both enjoyed the book. Read More
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Best I've Read
by Keith C, Aug 11, 2011
This is the very best insight into the life of a slave I have ever read, by male or female. Written pre-Civil War, Harriet Jacobs gives the view of the terrible dynamics of a slave girl entering ... Read More
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
She's amazing. We all know that slavery was an awful abomination, but hearing this firsthand account knocked the wind from me. I was stunned and deeply moved. Read More
