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

    Written by Harriet Jacobs

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    Harriet Jacobs' autobiography, written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, details her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her escape to freedom in the north, and her ensuing struggles to free her children. The narrative was partly serialized in the New York Tribune, but was discontinued because Jacobs' depictions of the sexual abuse of female slaves were considered too shocking. It was published in book form in 1861. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Harriet Jacobs

    Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897) was an African-American abolitionist, author, and relief worker. As a runaway slave, Jacobs had spent seven years hiding in a crawlspace in North Carolina; after escaping to New York she wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl(1861). The book was initially published by the white abolitionist Lydia Marie Child, and until the 1980’s it had been accepted as a work of fiction. Following the publication of the book Jacobs worked as an abolitionist, a relief worker among Black Civil War refugees, and as an educator in the Post Civil-War south.

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    • 2/5
      Okay so every single chapter starts with the entire introduction- title, author, reader, librivox recording info where they are where the reader is etc! This alone made me want to find another copy. I've never listen to a book where anyone ever did this!! So the story and writer are great, just find another version, or waste a minute every 10 minutes another chapter starts.
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      Great book. This book kept me engaged from the beginning to the end.
    • 5/5
      Very educated ..thanks for making an audio book. Thank you