Incidents in the life of a slave girl : seven years concealed /

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Author / Creator:	Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897.
Imprint:	[Auckland, N.Z.] : Floating Press, ©2008.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Jacobs, Harriet A. -- (Harriet Ann), -- 1813-1897. Jacobs, Harriet A. -- (Harriet Ann), -- 1813-1897. Slaves -- United States -- Biography. Women slaves -- United States -- Biography. Slaves -- United States -- Social conditions. Slaves. Slaves -- Social conditions. Women slaves. United States. Biographies. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11206778

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Other authors / contributors:	Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880.
ISBN:	9781775411833 1775411834 9781775411833 1775411834 9781775563426 1775563421 9781433712401 1433712407
Summary:	Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the immensely powerful autobiography of Harriet Jacobs, who wrote under a pen name. A feminist work, she uses her experiences to state and restate her belief that though all unhappiness sprung from being a slave, she had to endure worse, being also a woman. Her experiences show that the only refuge and relief to be found were in other women, and also that women were less able to attempt freedom when that would mean leaving their children ...

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