Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself
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Tags: African American, Autobiography, Classics, Historical
ISBN:0486419312
One woman's amazing story of abuse, degradation, and courage as she faces the devastating hardships of America's "peculiar institution."
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Harriet Jacobs might never have written her ground-breaking testament to the particular cruelties experienced by female slaves, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, if it were not for her bravery and daring. Born a slave in North Carolina in 1813, Jacobs led a difficult early life, being passed from household to household and enduring terrifying encounters with predatory male slave-owners. After giving birth to two children before the age of twenty, Jacobs escaped the plantation where her vindictive master had forced her to work. She went into hiding and eventually ended up in New York, working as a free woman in the home of a well-known abolitionist. In 1861, Jacobs was reunited with her children, and, finally free of the last painful vestiges of her former life, could at last give voice to the suffering of multitudes of women still enslaved in the South. This true story of heart-breaking cruelty and a young woman’s fierce struggle for basic human rights fueled the abolitionist cause during the American Civil War and continues to be an important record of the life of female slaves in a very bleak period of American history.
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Opening Lines (Experimental)
Seven Years Concealed.
"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, SLAVERY; if they had, they would never cease their efforts until so horrible a system was overthrown."
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5/5
Reviewed by shonniegirl on Oct 15, 2009
Incidents In The Live Of A Slave Girl Written by Herself
Amazing story of strength, faith, and perserverance. Exciting read, almost unbelievable.
4/5 
Reviewed by richelieu06 on Aug 30, 2009
Sad...but what should you expect...
It was a sad and painful read; totally unbelievable at times. However, it was interesting and kept my attention.
5/5
Reviewed by deeptinema on Jul 28, 2009
Excellent Book.
Amazing Book. It is such a magnetic book. keep you always thinking about it.
4/5
Reviewed by holmanhomeschool on Jul 25, 2009
Interesting and eye opening
This was a very interesting book. It makes one think about some of the realities of the slavery that once was a part of this country. While there were some parts of the book that went rather slow. Most of it left you wanting to ask for the next installment so you could see what happened next. Good book
5/5
Reviewed by Christiana on Apr 18, 2009
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
It was so moving and so powerful that I completed it in one sitting, pausing only to eat and drink. Fabulous book!
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