Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet Jacobs

Born in slavery, but being fortunate enough to be owned by a benevolent mistress, her life takes a tragic turn when her parents and her benefactor die. The new heir to the property (and slaves) is a cruel and lewd man who begins to make inappropriate advances to the lovely young slave-girl. In a bid to escape, she becomes entangled in a relationship with a neighboring landowner who promises a better life, and she even has two children. However, things become worse for her when her cruel owner decides to punish her by sending her and her children to a distant cotton plantation to be “broken in.” She plans a devious method of escape and ends up spending seven terrible years locked up in a tiny cramped garret. Relentlessly pursued by her wicked owner, she lives in fear and desperation. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself is one of the many slave narratives that emerged out of the terrible and inhuman atrocities committed in the nineteenth century by white Americans...

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Sunday Dec 03, 2023

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet Jacobs

Episodes

30 – Northward Bound

31 – Incidents in Philadelphia

32 – The Meeting of Mother and Daughter

33 – A Home Found

34 – The Old Enemy Again

35 – Prejudice Against Color

36 – The Hairsbreadth Escape

37 – A Visit to England

38 – Renewed Invitations to Go South

39 – The Confession