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an introduction to the life and autobiographical writing of Harriet Jacobs
Updated on Aug 02, 09
Created on Aug 02, 09
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Read this brief biography of Harriet Jacobs
This is the full-text of Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself, which she initially published under the pen name Linda Brent. She also changed the names of the other major actors in the events she re-tells.
By scrolling down the page, please read the following sections:
Chapter I "Childhood" pages 11- 16
Chapter VII "The Lover" pages 58 - 66
Chapter X "A Perilous Passage in the Slave Girl's Life" pages 82 - 89
Chapter XIV "Another Link to Life" pages 117 - 121
Chapter XXI "The Loophole of Retreat" pages 173 - 178
This section discusses the period during which Jacobs/Brent hid in her grandmother's attic after having escaped from her master.
Chaper XLI "Free at Last" pages 293 - 303
In this section, Jacobs/Brent has escaped to the North and is working for a family named Bruce. Because of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, she lives in constant danger of being taken back to the South by bounty hunters.
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Listen to this January 2008 NPR interview with a professor who has been researching Jacobs' life and writings.
Prof. Margaret Washington of Cornell University discusses Jacobs' resistance to her slave master.
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4 items | 11 visits
an introduction to the life and autobiographical writing of Harriet Jacobs
Updated on Aug 02, 09
Created on Aug 02, 09
Category: Entertainment & Arts
URL: