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  1. Feb 1, 2004 · 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 dehumanize her.

  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 · 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.

    • Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880, Ed. by
    • Written by herself.
    • Preface by The Author.
    • Introduction by The Editor.
    • Contents.
    • Childhood.
    • The New Master and Mistress.
    • The Slaves' New Year's Day.
    • The Slave Who Dared to Feel Likea Man.
    • The Trials of Girlhood.

    Funding from the Library ofCongress/Ameritech National DigitalLibraryCompetition supported the electronic publication of thistitle. Text scanned (OCR) byCarlene Hempel Images scanned byCarlene Hempel Text encoded by Ji-Hae Yoon and Natalia Smith Second edition, 2003 ca. 550K Academic Affairs Library, UNC-CH University of North Carolina at Chapel Hi...

    "Northerners knownothing at all about Slavery.They think it is perpetual bondage only. They have no conception of the depth ofdegradation involved in that word, SLAVERY; if they had, they would nevercease their efforts until so horrible a system was overthrown." A WOMAN OF NORTH CAROLINA. "Rise up, ye womenthat are at ease! Hearmy voice, ye careles...

    I wish I were more competent to the task I haveundertaken. But I trust my readers will excuse deficienciesin consideration of circumstances. I was born and reared inSlavery; and I remained in a Slave State twenty-sevenyears. Since I have been at the North, it has been necessaryfor me to work diligently for my own support, and theeducation of my chi...

    At her request, I have revised her manuscript; butsuch changes as I have made have been mainly forpurposes of condensation and orderly arrangement. Ihave not added any thing to the incidents, or changedthe import of her very pertinent remarks. Withtrifling exceptions, both the ideas and the languageare her own. I pruned excrescences a little, butot...

    CHILDHOOD . . . . . 11
    THE NEW MASTER AND MISTRESS . . . . . 17
    THE SLAVES' NEW YEAR'S DAY . . . . . 25
    THE SLAVE WHO DARED TO FEEL LIKE A MAN . . . . . 28

    of merchandise, trusted to them for safe keeping, andliable to be demanded of them at any moment. I hadone brother, William, who was two years youngerthan myself—a bright, affectionate child. I had alsoa great treasure in my maternal grandmother, whowas a remarkable woman in many respects. She wasthe daughter of a planter in South Carolina, who, at...

    "You are my child," replied our father, "and whenI call you, you should come immediately, if you haveto pass through fire and water." Poor Willie! He was now to learn his first lessonof obedience to a master. Grandmother tried to cheerus with hopeful words, and they found an echo in thecredulous hearts of youth. When we entered our new home we enco...

    Hiring-day at the south takes place on the 1st ofJanuary. On the 2d, the slaves are expected to go totheir new masters. On a farm, they work until thecorn and cotton are laid. They then have two holidays.Some masters give them a good dinner underthe trees. This over, they work until Christmaseve. If no heavy charges are meantime broughtagainst them...

    My grandmother had, as much as possible, been amother to her orphan grandchildren. By perseveranceand unwearied industry, she was now mistressof a snug little home, surrounded with the necessariesof life. She would have been happy could her childrenhave shared them with her. There remained butthree children and two grandchildren, all slaves.Most ea...

    of nature. He told me I was his property; that Imust be subject to his will in all things. My soulrevolted against the mean tyranny. But where could Iturn for protection? No matter whether the slave girlbe as black as ebony or as fair as her mistress. Ineither case, there is no shadow of law to protect herfrom insult, from violence, or even from de...

  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. Jul 1, 2000 · A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina and of her final escape and emancipation, Harriet Jacobs's classic narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and...

  6. Nov 9, 2001 · This autobiographical account chronicles the remarkable odyssey of Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897) whose dauntless spirit and faith carried her from a life of servitude and degradation in North...

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