| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Introduction: A New Voice for Freedom -- Jacobs's Early Life -- What Really Happened? -- Other Dominant Themes -- The Power of the Pen -- Pseudonyms of Key Figures in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself -- pt. TWO The Document -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself / L. Maria Child -- pt. THREE Related Documents -- 1. Title Page of the First Edition o/Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, 1861 -- 2. Will of Margaret Horniblow, April 8, 1825 -- 3. American Beacon, Advertisement for the Capture of Harriet Jacobs, July 4, 1835 -- 4. Harriet Jacobs, Letter to Amy Post, 1852? -- 5. Harriet Jacobs, Letter to Amy Post, April 4, 1853 -- 6. Harriet Jacobs, Letter to Amy Post, March 1854 -- 7. Harriet Jacobs, Letter to Amy Post, June 21, 1857 -- 8. Lydia Maria Child, Letter to Harriet Jacobs, August 13, 1860 -- 9. Weekly Anglo-African, Review of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, April 13, 1861 -- 10. "Am I Not a Woman and a Sister?", 1832 -- 11. John S. Jacobs, A True Tale of Slavery, 1861 -- 12. Harriet Jacobs, Life among the Contrabands, 1862 -- 13. Harriet Jacobs, Letter to Ednah Dow Cheney, April 25, 1867. |
| Abstract |
"Harriet Jacobs's 1861 autobiography was the first written narrative by a female slave in America. Using the pseudonym Linda, Jacobs recounts the horrors of her life as a slave and a mother. She documents the physical and sexual abuse she went through prior to her escape from slavery and gaining freedom for herself and two children. The "Contexts" section provides a selection of public statements written by prominent abolitionists, including Harriet Jacobs, on the cruelty of slavery. A selection of correspondence between Harriet Jacobs and her fellow abolitionists is also included. The "Criticism" selection examines a variety of topics, ranging from the form of the text to discussions on oral tradition, activism, the intersection of race and gender, and print culture. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included."--Provided by publisher. |
