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"Published in 1861, this true story is one of the first personal narratives by a slave and one of the few written by a woman. Jacobs (1813-97) was a slave in North Carolina and suffered terribly, along with her family, at the hands of a ruthless owner.

As a child, Harriet Jacobs remained blissfully unaware that she was a slave until the deaths of both her mother and a benevolent mistress exposed her to a sexually predatory master, Dr. Flint who exploited and assaulted her over and over again. Determined to escape, she spends seven years hidden away in a garret in her grandmother¡¯s house, three feet high at its tallest point, with almost no air or light, and with only glimpses of her children to sustain her courage. In the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, she finally wins her battle for freedom by escaping to the North in 1842.

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Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) was an African American writer, who was born into slavery, but managed to gain her freedom. She was a reformer and an abolitionist speaker. In addition, under the name Linda Brent, she wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, one of the first autobiographies about living in slavery. That narrative included her accounts of the sexual abuse female slaves suffered, as well as the struggle for freedom.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Positive Energy
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 18 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 110 pages
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  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 12
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ Baby - 18 years
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  • Â鶹Çø Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars A sober account of what it was like to be a slave in the American south
    Reviewed in Canada on November 12, 2024
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    Slavery is a barbaric institution. This first person true story reveals what life was really like for many slaves in the American south in the 19th century. Slave ownership meant for the author that she had zero rights and was forced to do anything the owner or his family wished. There was no concept of fairness, honesty, or commitment between the owner and her. The resilience of the author is overwhelming; she spent more than 5 years hiding in a tiny enclosure to escape from her owner in order that she could eventually look out for her two children.
    This was a sad period in the history of the United States - it took a civil war to get beyond it.
    Slavery was an example of extreme racism but some of the message still holds today.
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  • Sheri
    5.0 out of 5 stars on par with Uncle Tom¡¯s Cabin
    Reviewed in Canada on October 9, 2022
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    Harriet Jacob¡¯s autobiography is a must-read, if only to educate society about how easily oppressive people assume they have a right to intentionally hurt others. We must stand up to bullies and oppressors to ensure we are not ¡°the silent majority¡± that allow awful situations to slide until it¡¯s too late to reverse their impact. Pick up this book, and take your time reading it. Absorb Harriet¡¯s experiences. You will be a better human being for having done so.
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  • Shelby
    4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good read
    Reviewed in Canada on November 25, 2023
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    It was ok.
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  • Larry Vainio
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Powerful reading.
    Reviewed in Canada on August 16, 2023
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    What a great story. Very impactful and written from her own words, as if she is speaking it.
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  • P. Lemieux
    5.0 out of 5 stars ... well written and the life this girl had was terrible. I cannot understand how one can hurt a ...
    Reviewed in Canada on November 4, 2014
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    I found that the book was well written and the life this girl had was terrible. I cannot understand how one can hurt a human being and think that they have no feelings. The pain and the hurt placed on this person and all her family and friends. I wish I had been around at that time and been there to help.
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  • lady from Canada
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting book
    Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2021
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    This book was so interesting I couldn¡¯t put it down until I finished reading the whole book. Very insightful and sad how slaves were treated oftentimes.
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  • Mamabear
    3.0 out of 5 stars Book review
    Reviewed in Canada on December 4, 2023
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    A very interesting read and informative
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  • Melanie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book
    Reviewed in Canada on April 24, 2019
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    This book is very interesting and eye opening. While reading it i found myself think wow this cant be someonesnreal life story but it is and i am glad i read it. It makes you think.
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  • Yvens Castro
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    Reviewed in Brazil on February 25, 2019
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    Eu confesso que n?o conhecia a escrita Harriet Jacobs e foi uma grata surpresa, pois gostei muito. Contudo, o diferencial foi ela retratar sobre a escravid?o, um tema que merece a nossa aten??o e ¨¦ necess¨¢rio para compreender um pouco mais sobre a natureza humana. Essa ¨¦ uma leitura necess¨¢ria!
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  • Bianca
    1.0 out of 5 stars Stampa inaccettabile.
    Reviewed in Italy on February 15, 2021
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    Ho comprato questo libro per il corso di letteratura americana all¡¯universit¨¤.
    Non commento la storia che pu¨° piacere o meno, ma la stampa del formato Kindle che ¨¨ pessima. Troppe parole sono stampate tre volte di fila.
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    Reviewed in Japan on April 21, 2024
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  • N. Angibaud
    5.0 out of 5 stars "Through the female slave glass"- ¨¤ travers les yeux de la femme esclave
    Reviewed in France on June 7, 2012
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    I perceived this small book the way a jury would hear the big story of a woman(who once was a girl). I remain struck by the gender difference in the impact of slavery (violence for males and rape/abuse til maternity for females) and deeper struck by the very young/ mothers/grand-mothers' voices (better have one's baby die than it be: starved/be a slave/sold soon/raped when teen...) so many issues that are not so often brought to light...
    J'ai re?u ce petit livre comme un t¨¦moignage d'une "grande" histoire, celle d'une femme qui fut fillette esclave. Je reste frapp¨¦e par la franche diff¨¦rence de v¨¦cu de l'esclave selon son sexe (pour les gar?ons la violence et le viol jusqu'¨¤ la maternit¨¦ pour les filles ) et plus frapp¨¦e encore par les voix des filles-m¨¨res/m¨¨res/ grand-m¨¨res (mieux vaut avoir un enfant mort-n¨¦ qu'un enfant: affam¨¦/esclave/vendu au march¨¦/viol¨¦..) Tant de questions si peu souvent sorties de l'obscurit¨¦...Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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  • SHEILA
    5.0 out of 5 stars Touching but sadly the truth!
    Reviewed in Spain on May 28, 2024
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    Such strength of character. Such willpower.
    I take my hat off to all the slaves who suffered so badly at the hands of their white masters.
    It makes me feel ashamed to be white and know what my race did to those poor people and how they profited from them and even today continue to despise them. Disgusting!
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