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ISBN-10: 0140437959
ISBN-13: 9780140437959
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publish Date: 07/01/2000
Dimensions: 7.92" L, 5.02" W, 0.59" H

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself

Editor: Nell Irvin Painter
Introduction by: Nell Irvin Painter
Notes by: Nell Irvin Painter

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One of the central firsthand accounts of slavery in America

A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina and of her final escape and emancipation, Harriet Jacobs’s classic narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and published pseduonymously in 1861, tells firsthand of the horrors inflicted on slaves. In writing this extraordinary memoir, which culminates in the seven years she spent hiding in a crawl space in her grandmother’s attic, Jacobs skillfully used the literary genres of her time, presenting a thoroughly feminist narrative that portrays the evils and traumas of slavery, particularly for women and children.

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Details

ISBN-10: 0140437959
ISBN-13: 9780140437959
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publish Date: 07/01/2000
Dimensions: 7.92" L, 5.02" W, 0.59" H
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