by Harriet Jacobs · Dover Publications · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780486419312
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«Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl» is the autobiographical account by Harriet Jacobs, published by Dover Publications in paperback (176 pages, in English).
Harriet Jacobs narrates in the first person her life as a slave in North Carolina, the violence and harassment of her master, her escape, and the seven years she spent hidden in an attic before fleeing north and reuniting with her children. It is one of the few slave narratives written by a woman.
This edition belongs to the Dover Thrift Editions: Black History series. Jacobs published the original text in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent; this edition is from 2001.
Recommended for secondary school students, advanced students, and adults interested in the history of slavery in the United States.
