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

Name/Title

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

Entry/Object ID

2010.82

Description

"Harriet A. Jacobs was born a slave in North Carolina in 1813 and became a fugitive in the 1830s. She recorded her triumphant struggle for freedom in an autobiography that was published pseudonymously in 1861. As Linda Brent, the book's heroine and narrator, Jacobs recounts the history of her family...." Physical Description: Softcover book

Collection

Biographies

Book Details

Author

Jacobs, Harriet A.

Edition

edited by L. Maria Child; edited and with an introduction by Jean Fagan Yellin

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Place Published

Location

Cambridge MA

Date Published

1987

Publication Language

English

Call No.

920 J Jacobs

ISBN

0-674-44756-8

Notes

Copy No.: 1