Incidents in the life of a slave girl : seven years concealed /
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the immensely powerful autobiography of Harriet Jacobs, who wrote under a pen name. A feminist work, she uses her experiences to state and restate her belief that though all unhappiness sprung from being a slave, she had to endure worse, being also a woman. H...
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| Language: | English |
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[Auckland, N.Z.] :
Floating Press,
©2008.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Title; Contents; Preface by the Author; Introduction by the Editor; I. Childhood; II. The New Master and Mistress; III. The Slaves' New Year's Day; IV. The Slave who Dared to Feel Like a Man; V. The Trials of Girlhood; VI. The Jealous Mistress; VII. The Lover; VIII. What Slaves Are Taught to Think of the North; IX. Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders; X.A Perilous Passage in the Slave Girl's Life; XI. The New Tie to Life; XII. Fear of Insurrection; XIII. The Church and Slavery; XIV. Another Link to Life; XV. Continued Persecutions; XVI. Scenes at the Plantation; XVII. The Flight.
- XVIII. Months of PerilXIX. The Children Sold; XX. New Perils; XXI. The Loophole of Retreat; XXII. Christmas Festivities; XXIII. Still in Prison; XXIV. The Candidate for Congress; XXV. Competition in Cunning; XXVI. Important Era in My Brother's Life; XXVII. New Destination for the Children; XXVIII. Aunt Nancy; XXIX. Preparations for Escape; XXX. Northward Bound; XXXI. Incidents in Philadelphia; XXXII. The Meeting of Mother and Daughter; XXXI.
