Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)

from gmillar

I gave this book five stars for a couple of reasons: it is five star hellish, it is five star storytelling. There are parts of her life story that I won't soon forget.

from RachelWeaver

This is one of the most important documents of American literature. There would be no Uncle Tom's Cabin without it. There would be no Beloved without it. It's a terrifying life story of indignities and survival, an American Anne Frank.

from Overgaard

see Frederick Douglass narrative of his life; these are the 2 definitive autobiographies of this era

from deslivres5

Heartbreaking first person narrative of Harriet Jacobs (written using pseudonym Linda Brent), born into slavery in the mid-1800s and her quest for freedom from slavery for herself and her children. The family who were slaveholders over her led a relentless years long pursuit of her after she beca...

from Schmerguls

4791. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Linda Brent [Harriet Jacobs], Edited by L. Maria Child, with New Introduction and Notes by Walter Teller (read 14 Jan 2011) This is an account of the life of a girl born in slavery in 1813 in Edenton, N.C. When she was a teenager she was sexually mo...