Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl |
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| Author:
| Jacobs, Harriet |
| Introduction by:
| Smith, Valerie |
| Series title: | The ^ASchomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-505243-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1988 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $88.00 |
Book Description:
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) is one of the few existing slave narratives written by a woman. It offers a unique perspective on the complex plight of the black woman as slave and as writer. In a story that merges the conventions of the slave narrative with the techniques of the sentimental novel, Harriet Jacobs describes her efforts to fight off the advances of her master, her eventual liaison with another white man (the father of two ofher children), and her ultimately...
More DescriptionIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) is one of the few existing slave narratives written by a woman. It offers a unique perspective on the complex plight of the black woman as slave and as writer. In a story that merges the conventions of the slave narrative with the techniques of the sentimental novel, Harriet Jacobs describes her efforts to fight off the advances of her master, her eventual liaison with another white man (the father of two ofher children), and her ultimately successful struggle for freedom.