by Harriet A. Jacobs · Antígona · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789726080688
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«Incidentes na vida de uma escrava» is the autobiography of Harriet A. Jacobs, published by Antígona in paperback (316 pages, in Portuguese).
Autobiography of Harriet Jacobs, one of the few accounts of slavery written by a woman. It recounts her struggle to preserve her identity and dignity in the face of an abusive master in North Carolina, and the seven years she spent hidden in a small attic before managing to reunite with her children in the North.
With the subtitle «Autobiografia», this Portuguese edition from Antígona appeared in 1993; the work, originally written in English, was published in 1861.
For readers interested in historical memoirs, accounts of slavery and narratives of resistance.
Harriet Jacobs was an African-American abolitionist and writer whose autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent, is now considered an "American classic".
