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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Contributor(s): Jacobs, Harriet Ann (Author)

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ISBN: 1605209325     ISBN-13: 9781605209326
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
OUR PRICE: $26.59  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2009
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | African American
- Literary Collections | American - General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
Dewey: 973.711
Lexile Measure: 740(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (0.80 lbs) 178 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
Features: Dust Cover
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 179006
Reading Level: 7.1   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 14.0
 
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Publisher Description:
"Slavery is terrible for men, but it is far more terrible for women," Harriet Jacobs states plainly in this riveting account of her life as a slave, and then sets out to recount, in chilling detail, the particular horrors for women caught in that terrible snare. Published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent, Incidents was the first account of slavery to explore the sexual abuse female slaves endured... in Jacobs' case, a catalog of harassment she suffered while working in the home of a doctor known to have sold children he'd fathered with slave women. Long believed to have been written by a white author as a fictional novel, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl rings with a ghastly truth that still has the power to haunt modern readers.
 
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