Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Ann Jacobs

220 pages first pub 1861 (editions)

nonfiction classics memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced
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The book documents Jacobs's life as a slave and how she gained freedom for herself and for her children. Jacobs contributed to the genre of slave narrative by using the techniques of sentimental novels "to address race and gender issues." She expl...

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