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