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by Harriet Jacobs; R. J. Ellis (Editor)

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'The degradations, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe.'

Harriet Jacobs was born a slave in the American South and went on to write one of the most extraordinary slave narratives. First published pseudonymously in 1861, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl describes Jacobs's treatment at the hands of her owners, her eventual escape to the North, and her perilous existence evading recapture as a fugitive slave. To save herself from sexual assault and protect her children she is forced to hide for seven years in a tiny attic space, suffering terrible psychological and physical pain.

Written to expose the appalling treatment of slaves in the South and the racism of the free North, and to advance the abolitionist cause, Incidents is notable for its careful construction and literary effects. Jacobs's story of self-emancipation and a growing feminist consciousness is the tale of an individual and a searing indictment of slavery's inhumanity. This edition includes the short memoir by Jacobs's brother, John S. Jacobs, 'A True Tale of Slavery'.

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  • Title Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
  • Author Harriet Jacobs; R. J. Ellis (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Paperback
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Publication date 2016-01-01
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780198709879 / 0198709870
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.6 x 5 x 0.7 in (19.30 x 12.70 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Black History
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Slaves - United States, Women slaves - United States
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.362

About the author

R. J. Ellis's publications include Harriet Wilson's 'Our Nig': A Cultural Biography (2003), a co-edited collection of essays, Becoming Visible: Women's Presence in Ninetenth-Century America (2010) and editions of Our Nig (2011, with Henry Louis Gates), and Charles Chesnutt's The Colonel's Dream (2015). He was President of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers from 2012 to 2015.
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