"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself" by Harriet A. Jacobs is an autobiography published in 1861. Written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, Jacobs recounts her experiences as an enslaved woman and mother who endured sexual abuse and years of hiding before escaping to freedom. She addresses Northern white women directly, revealing the particular horrors faced by enslaved mothers and challenging prevailing notions of womanhood that excluded Black women from their protection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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INCIDENTS
IN THE
LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL.
WRITTEN BY HERSELF.
“Northerners know nothing at all about Slavery. They think it is perpetual
bondage only. They have no conception of the depth of degradation
involved in that word, Slavery; if they had, they would never cease their
efforts until so horrible a system was overthrown.”
A Woman of North Carolina.
“Rise up, ye women that are at ease! Hear my voice, ye careless daughters!
Give ear unto my speech.”
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