Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet A. Jacobs; A True Tale of Slavery, by John S. Jacobs Contributor(s): Hendrick, George (Editor), Hendrick, Willene (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1881089657 ISBN-13: 9781881089650 Publisher: Brandywine Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 1999 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (0.65 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 179006 Reading Level: 7.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: These two slave narratives expand our knowledge of the differing ways males and females coped with enslavement and later ordeals in flight. This popularly-priced anthology contains the often taught Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs and the recently discovered A True Tale of Slavery by John S. Jacobs, her younger brother, now reprinted for the first time. After Harriet's owner, a physician, repeatedly abused her, she escaped his sexual advances for a time by entering into a relationship with a local attorney. Her owner continued to harass her, and she sought refuge in a crawlspace where she lived in hiding. After her escape to the North, she published her narrative. John S. Jacobs "walked away" as he put it, from his owner, a congressman. He sailed on a whaling ship and educated himself. He then became a paid agent of the Anti-Slavery Society, made a lecturing trip with Frederick Douglass, and finally settled in London, where he remained until it was safe for a fugitive to return to the North. He wrote his story for a London Sunday school journal where it was published in 1861. |
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