Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Name: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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ISBN: 9780393976373

ISBN-10: 0393976378

ISBN-13: 9780393976373

Edition: 2001

Authors: Harriet Jacobs, Frances Smith Foster, Nellie Y. McKay

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Not only one of the last of over one hundred slave narratives published separately before the Civil War, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) is also one of the few existing narratives written by a woman. It offers a unique perspective on the complex plight of the black woman as slaveand 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 of her children), and herultimately successful struggle for freedom. Jacobs' account of her experiences, and her search for her own voice,…

Book details

List price: $12.78
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/13/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 390
Size: 0.51" wide x 0.83" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 0.990



Introduction


Suggestions for Further Reading


A Note on the Text


Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl


Preface by the Author


Introduction by the Editor



Childhood



The New Master and Mistress



The Slaves' New Year's Day



The Slave Who Dared to Feel Like a Man



The Trials of Girlhood



The Jealous Mistress



The Lover



What Slaves Are Taught to Think of the North



Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders



A Perilous Passage in the Slave Girl's Life



The New Tie to Life



Fear of Insurrection



The Church and Slavery



Another Link to Life



Continued Persecutions



Scenes at the Plantation



The Flight



Months of Peril



The Children Sold



New Perils



The Loophole of Retreat



Christmas Festivities



Still in Prison



The Candidate for Congress



Competition in Cunning



Important Era in My Brother's Life



New Destination for the Children



Aunt Nancy



Preparations for Escape



Northward Bound



Incidents in Philadelphia



The Meeting of Mother and Daughter



A Home Found



The Old Enemy Again



Prejudice Against Color



The Hairbreadth Escape



A Visit to England



Renewed Invitations to Go South



The Confession



The Fugitive Slave Law



Free at Last


A True Tale of Slavery



Some Account of My Early Life



A Further Account of My Family, and of My New Master



My Uncle's Troubles - My Further Experience of the Doctor, and Our Parting



My New Master's Plantation - My Medical Practice Among the Slaves - My Sister's Hiding-Place



My Master Goes to Washington as Member of Congress - He Is Engaged to Be Married - Wedding Trip to Chicago - Canada - New York - My Escape from Slavery



Sensations of Freedom - Self-Education - A Whaling Voyage - I Meet My Sister, and Hear from Her About My Friends at Edenton - The Fugitive Slave Bill



Cruel Treatment of Slaves - The Fugitive Slave Law - Slavery Opposed to Natural Rights and to Christianity


Explanatory Notes