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Harriet Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

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This powerful and unflinching memoir by young mother and fugitive slave, Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813 -1897), remains among the few remaining slave narratives written by a woman. The book was published in 1861 after Jacobs' harrowing escape from a wicked and predatory master, under the pseudonym Linda Brent since having her true identity revealed would have jeopardized her freedom under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Jacobs describes her life as a young slave in North Carolina as relatively idyllic until her mother's death when her mistress bequeathed her to a relative. She soon discovers the horror of her position and writes candidly of the str… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-72252-407-4
  • EAN: 9781722524074
  • Produktnummer: 34241547
  • Verlag: G&D Media
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 266 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 1'811 KB

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Harriet Jacobs (1813 -1897) was an African-American writer. Born into slslavery in Edenton, North Carolina, she was sexually harassed by her master. When he threatened to sell her children, she hid in a tiny crawlspace under the roof of her grandmother's house, where she wasn't even able to stand. After staying there for seven years, she finally managed to escape to New York, where she was reunited with her children.

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