- 246 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
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. Her experiences show that the only refuge and relief to be found were in other women, and also that women were less able to attempt freedom when that would mean leaving their children behind. Her autobiography is the account of her struggle to achieve that freedom and respect and redefine herself. Her life is a testament to her grandmother's credo: "e;He that is willing to be a slave, let him be a slave."e;
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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 Peril
- XIX. 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
- XXXIII. A Home Found
- XXXIV. The Old Enemy Again
- XXXV. Prejudice Against Color
- XXXVI. The Hairbreadth Escape
- XXXVII. A Visit to England
- XXXVIII. Renewed Invitations to Go South
- XXXIX. The Confession
- XL. The Fugitive Slave Law
- XLI. Free at Last
- Appendix
- Endnotes