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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself — Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

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

Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

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  • Book language: English
  • 222 pages

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself is Harriet A. Jacobs's autobiography and a slave narrative. It recounts her life in slavery, her family, and her long struggle for freedom. It is worth listening to as a firsthand historical testimony of courage and motherhood.

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[Transcriber’s note: The spelling irregularities of the original have been retained in this etext.]

INCIDENTS

IN THE

LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL.

WRITTEN BY HERSELF.

“Northerners know nothing at all about Slavery. They think it is perpetual bondage only. They have no conception of the depth of degradation involved in that word, SƯĵ΄ŧǡΏ; if they had, they would never cease their efforts until so horrible a system was overthrown.”

A WLjƽĵƿ Ljż NLjǡǵƒ CĵǡLjƯƗƿĵ.

“Rise up, ye women that are at ease! Hear my voice, ye careless daughters! Give ear unto my speech.”

IǪĵƗĵƒ xxxii. 9.

EDITED BY L. MARIA CHILD

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR

1861.

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Contents

  1. INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL.
  2. Contents.
  3. Preface by the Author
  4. Introduction by the Editor
  5. I. Childhood
  6. II. The New Master And Mistress.
  7. III. The Slaves’ New Year’s Day.
  8. IV. The Slave Who Dared To Feel Like A Man.
  9. V. The Trials Of Girlhood.
  10. VI. The Jealous Mistress.
  11. VII. The Lover.
  12. VIII. What Slaves Are Taught To Think Of The North.
  13. IX. Sketches Of Neighboring Slaveholders.
  14. X. A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl’s Life.
  15. XI. The New Tie To Life.
  16. XII. Fear Of Insurrection.
  17. XIII. The Church And Slavery.
  18. XIV. Another Link To Life.
  19. XV. Continued Persecutions.
  20. XVI. Scenes At The Plantation.
  21. XVII. The Flight.
  22. XVIII. Months Of Peril.
  23. XIX. The Children Sold.
  24. XX. New Perils.
  25. XXI. The Loophole Of Retreat.
  26. XXII. Christmas Festivities.
  27. XXIII. Still In Prison.
  28. XXIV. The Candidate For Congress.
  29. XXV. Competition In Cunning.
  30. XXVI. Important Era In My Brother’s Life.

and 17 more chapters

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