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Books by Harriet Jacobs

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SlaveryFreedomFamilyGenderResistanceBiography

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Biography & Memoir

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Jacobs tells the story of slavery from a perspective shaped by gender, family and sexual exploitation. The autobiography makes the pressure on enslaved women and mothers especially visible, while also showing the strategic choices required to survive

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