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  1. Feb 1, 2004 · "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself" by Harriet A. Jacobs is an autobiographical account written in the mid-19th century. The book explores the harrowing experiences of a young enslaved girl named Linda Brent, who navigates the complexities of slavery, gender, and personal autonomy within a brutal system designed to ...

  2. Aug 23, 2011 · Being half-white and prettier than most, Harriet Jacobs’ natural place would have been up at the mansion, as one of the favoured house-slaves. But she rejected the sexual advances of her owner, and was forced into hiding in a tiny attic space in her family’s wooden shack for an incredible seven years, while they put it about that she had ...

  3. May 13, 2013 · Incidents in the life of a slave girl : written by herself. In what has become a landmark of American history and literature, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl recounts the incredible but true story of Harriet Jacobs, born a slave in North Carolina in 1813.

  4. Incidents in the life of a slave girl. This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable online.

  5. Oct 15, 2021 · Harriet A. Jacobs was born into slavery in Edenton, North Carolina on February 11, 1813. She did not know she was a slave until she was six years old. Jacobs hid from her master in a crawl space for seven years to avoid his sexual threats.

  6. Oct 18, 2011 · Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897, Slaves, Women slaves, African American women authors, African American women social reformers Publisher New York : Basic Civitas Books

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  8. Harriet Jacobs (born 1813, Edenton, North Carolina, U.S.—died March 7, 1897, Washington, D.C.) was an American abolitionist and autobiographer who crafted her own experiences into Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself (1861), an eloquent and uncompromising slave narrative.

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