Incidents in the life of a slave girl

Author(s)

• Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann)
• Jacobs, John S.
• Painter, Nell Irvin

Bibliographic Information

Incidents in the life of a slave girl

written by herself, Harriet Jacobs. with A true tale of slavery / by John S. Jacobs ; edited with an introduction and notes by Nell Irvin Painter

（Penguin classics）

Penguin Books, c2000

Other Title

True tale of slavery

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-277)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina, and her final escape and emancipation, Jacobs' narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and published in 1861, is one of the most important books ever written documenting the traumas and horrors of slavery in the antebellum South.

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Details

• NCID: BA71946130
• ISBN:
  • 9780140437959
• LCCN: 99055803
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxxvi, 277 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E444.J17
  • DC21 : 305.5/67/092
  • DC21 : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897
  • LCSH : Jacobs, John S., 1815-1875
  • LCSH : Slaves -- United States Biography
  • LCSH : Women slaves -- United States Biography
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00305646