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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

By: HARRIET JACOBS

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Paperback | 1 November 2001

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176 Pages

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11+

Grade
6+

Dimensions(cm)
16.5 x 13 x 1

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The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl remains among the few extant slave narratives written by a woman. This autobiographical account chronicles the remarkable odyssey of Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897) whose dauntless spirit and faith carried her from a life of servitude and degradation in North Carolina to liberty and reunion with her children in the North.
Written and published in 1861 after Jacobs' harrowing escape from a vile and predatory master, the memoir delivers a powerful and unflinching portrayal of the abuses and hypocrisy of the master-slave relationship. Jacobs writes frankly of the horrors she suffered as a slave, her eventual escape after several unsuccessful attempts, and her seven years in self-imposed exile, hiding in a coffin-like "garret" attached to her grandmother's porch.
A rare firsthand account of a courageous woman's determination and endurance, this inspirational story also represents a valuable historical record of the continuing battle for freedom and the preservation of family.

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Childhood	p. 8
The New Master and Mistress	p. 11
The Slaves' New Year's Day	p. 16
The Slave who dared to feel like a Man	p. 17
The Trials of Girlhood	p. 26
The Jealous Mistress	p. 28
The Lover	p. 33
What Slaves are taught to think of the North	p. 39
Sketches of neighboring Slaveholders	p. 41
A Perilous Passage in the Slave Girl's Life	p. 47
The new Tie to Life	p. 51
Fear of Insurrection	p. 55
The Church and Slavery	p. 59
Another Link to Life	p. 65
Continued Persecutions	p. 68
Scenes at the Plantation	p. 73
The Flight	p. 80
Months of Peril	p. 83
The Children Sold	p. 88
New Perils	p. 92
The Loophole of Retreat	p. 95
Christmas Festivities	p. 98
Still in Prison	p. 100
The Candidate for Congress	p. 103
Competition in Cunning	p. 105
Important Era in my Brother's Life	p. 109
New Destination for the Children	p. 113
Aunt Nancy	p. 118
Preparations for Escape	p. 122
Northward Bound	p. 129
Incidents in Philadelphia	p. 132
The Meeting of Mother and Daughter	p. 135
A Home Found	p. 138
The Old Enemy again	p. 140
Prejudice Against Color	p. 143
The Hairbreadth Escape	p. 145
A Visit to England	p. 149
Renewed Invitations to go South	p. 151
The Confession	p. 153
The Fugitive Slave Law	p. 154
Free at Last	p. 159
Appendix	p. 165
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