Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (General Press)

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl' is a powerful and compelling story of Harriet Jacobs whose dauntless spirit and faith carried her from a life of servitude and degradation in North Carolina to liberty and reunion with her children in the North. This is one of the few slave narratives written by a woman. Jacobs writes frankly of the horrors she suffered as a slave, her eventual escape after several unsuccessful attempts, and her seven years in self-imposed exile, hiding in a coffin-like 'garret' attached to her grandmother's porch. Slavery is a terrible thing, but it is far more terrible and harrowing for women than for men. Harriet Jacobs was owned by a brutal master who beat his slaves regularly and subjected them to indignations that were far worse. Jacobs eventually escaped her master and moved to a northern state. Though she was unable to take her children with her at the time they were later reunited.

• | Author: Harriet Jacobs
• | Publisher: Repro India Limited
• | Publication Date: Dec 15, 2022
• | Number of Pages: NA pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 9354995136
• | ISBN-13: 9789354995132