Incidents in the life of a slave girl /
Jacobs, Harriet A. 1813-1897
Incidents in the life of a slave girl / Harriet Jacobs ; with an introduction by Valerie Smith. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1990. - xl, 306 pages ; 17 cm. - The Schomberg library of nineteenth-century black women writers .
Facsim of ed. published: Boston : H. Jacobs, 1861
Includes bibliographical references
Not only one of the last of over one hundred slave narratives published separately before the Civil War, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) is also one of the few existing narratives written by a woman. It offers a unique perspective on the complex plight of the black woman as slave and as writer. In a story that merges the conventions of the slave narrative with the techniques of the sentimental novel, Harriet Jacobs describes her efforts to fight off the advances of her master, her eventual liaison with another white man (the father of two of her children), and her ultimately successful struggle for freedom. Jacobs' account of her experiences, and her search for her own voice, prefigure the literary and ideological concerns of generations of African-American women writers to come--from publisher's website
9780195066708 0195066707
87028261
Jacobs, Harriet A. 1813-1897
Slaves--Biography.--United States
Women slaves--Biography.--United States
Mujeres esclavas --Estados Unidos --Biografías
Esclavos --Estados Unidos --Biografías
Esclavos --Condiciones sociales --Estados Unidos
002 E 444 / J17i 1990
305.5/67/092
Incidents in the life of a slave girl / Harriet Jacobs ; with an introduction by Valerie Smith. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1990. - xl, 306 pages ; 17 cm. - The Schomberg library of nineteenth-century black women writers .
Facsim of ed. published: Boston : H. Jacobs, 1861
Includes bibliographical references
Not only one of the last of over one hundred slave narratives published separately before the Civil War, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) is also one of the few existing narratives written by a woman. It offers a unique perspective on the complex plight of the black woman as slave and as writer. In a story that merges the conventions of the slave narrative with the techniques of the sentimental novel, Harriet Jacobs describes her efforts to fight off the advances of her master, her eventual liaison with another white man (the father of two of her children), and her ultimately successful struggle for freedom. Jacobs' account of her experiences, and her search for her own voice, prefigure the literary and ideological concerns of generations of African-American women writers to come--from publisher's website
9780195066708 0195066707
87028261
Jacobs, Harriet A. 1813-1897
Slaves--Biography.--United States
Women slaves--Biography.--United States
Mujeres esclavas --Estados Unidos --Biografías
Esclavos --Estados Unidos --Biografías
Esclavos --Condiciones sociales --Estados Unidos
002 E 444 / J17i 1990
305.5/67/092