Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - (Penguin Classics) by Harriet Jacobs (Paperback)

This powerful and moving 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.

Jacobs' classic memoir tells firsthand of the seven years she spent hiding in a crawl space in her grandmother's attic to escape her master's cruelty and abuse.

With skillful use of literary genres, Jacobs presents a thoroughly feminist narrative that portrays the evils and traumas of slavery, particularly for women and children.

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