Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself

by Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself" by Harriet A. Jacobs is an autobiography published in 1861. Written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, Jacobs recounts her experiences as an enslaved woman and mother who endured sexual abuse and years of hiding before escaping to freedom.

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Topics: Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography · Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions · Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography · Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897