Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
[place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2019]
Format: Book
Description: 261 pages ; 21 cm
"Harriet Jacobs's 1861 autobiography was the first written narrative by a female slave in America. Using the pseudonym Linda, Jacobs recounts the horrors of her life as a slave and a mother. She documents the physical and sexual abuse she went through prior to her escape from slavery and gaining freedom for herself and two children."--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- Childhood -- The new master and mistress -- The Slaves' New Year's Day -- The slave who dared to feel like a man -- The trials of girlhood -- The jealous mistress -- The lover -- What slaves are taught to think of the North -- Sketches of neighboring slaveholders -- A perilous passage in the slave girl's life -- A new tie to life -- Fear of insurrection -- The church and slavery -- Another link to life -- Continued persecutions -- Scenes at the plantation -- The flight -- Months of peril -- The children sold -- New perils -- The loophole of retreat -- Christmas festivities -- Still in prison -- The candidate for Congress -- Competition in cunning -- Important era in my brother's life -- New destination for the children -- Aunt Nancy -- Preparation for escape -- Northward bound -- Incidents in Philadelphia -- The meeting of mother and daughter -- A home found -- The old enemy again -- Prejudice against color -- The hairbreadth escape -- A visit to England -- Renewed invitation to go South -- The confession -- The Fugitive Slave Law -- Free at last.
Subjects:
Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897.
Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.
Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions.
Slaves.
Slaves -- Social conditions.
Women slaves.
United States.
Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897.
Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.
Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions.
Slaves.
Slaves -- Social conditions.
Women slaves.
United States.
ISBN:
9781503900196 (softcover)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Jacobs, Harriet | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | Out (Due: 4/22/2024) |
BIOGRAPHY Jacobs, Harriet | Ballentine Indoors | Biography | In |