Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Hero Classics).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, Harriet.

Series:

Hero Classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved women.

Slavery--United States.

Slavery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Legend Press, 2021.

Summary:

Part of the Hero Classics seriesReader, did you ever hate? I hope not. I never did but once; and I trust I never shall again. Somebody has called it "the atmosphere of hell"; and I believe it is so.First published in 1861 under a pseudonym, this is the autobiography of Harriet Jacobs, a mother, fugitive and slave. The book outlines her life, the struggles she faced as a female slave as well as the hardship she endured to protect her children and the fear of them being sold. As well as a precious historical document, it is also a timeless exploration of issues of race, gender and the struggle for freedom.The Hero Classics series:MeditationsThe ProphetA Room of One's OwnIncidents in the Life of a Slave GirlThe Art of WarThe Life of Charlotte BronteThe RepublicThe PrinceNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Preface by the author

Introduction by the editor

I. Childhood

II. The New Master And Mistress

III. The Slaves' New Year's Day

IV. The Slave Who Dared To Feel Like A Man

V. The Trials Of Girlhood

VI. The Jealous Mistress

VII. The Lover

VIII. What Slaves Are Taught To Think Of The North

IX. Sketches Of Neighboring Slaveholders

X. A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl's Life

XI. The New Tie To Life

XII. Fear Of Insurrection

XIII. The Church And Slavery

XIV. Another Link To Life

XV. Continued Persecutions

XVI. Scenes At The Plantation

XVII. The Flight

XVIII. Months Of Peril

XIX. The Children Sold

XX. New Perils

XXI. The Loophole Of Retreat

XXII. Christmas Festivities

XXIII. Still In Prison

XXIV. The Candidate For Congress

XXV. Competition In Cunning

XXVI. Important Era In My Brother's Life

XXVII. New Destination For The Children

XXVIII. Aunt Nancy

XXIX. Preparations For Escape

XXX. Northward Bound

XXXI. Incidents In Philadelphia

XXXII. The Meeting Of Mother And Daughter

XXXIII. A Home Found

XXXIV. The Old Enemy Again

XXXV. Prejudice Against Color

XXXVI. The Hairbreadth Escape

XXXVII. A Visit To England

XXXVIII. Renewed Invitations To Go South

XXXIX. The Confession

XL. The Fugitive Slave Law

XLI. Free At Last

Appendix.

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ISBN:

9781800315105

1800315104

OCLC:

1250077219