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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Dover Thrift Editions: Black History) (1861 original; edició 2001)

de Harriet Jacobs (Autor)

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the immensely powerful autobiography of Harriet Jacobs, who wrote under a pen name. A feminist work, she uses her experiences to state and restate her belief that though all unhappiness sprung from being a slave, she had to endure worse, being also a woman. Her experiences show that the only refuge and relief to be found were in other women, and also that women were less able to attempt freedom when that would mean leaving their children behind. Her autobiography is the account of her struggle to achieve that freedom and respect and redefine herself. Her life is a testament to her grandmother's credo: "He that is willing to be a slave, let him be a slave."

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Títol:Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Dover Thrift Editions: Black History)
Autors:Harriet Jacobs (Autor)
Informació:Dover Publications (2001), Edition: Reprint, 176 pages
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl de Harriet A. Jacobs (1861)

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Heartbreaking first person narrative of Harriet Jacobs (written using pseudonym Linda Brent), born into slavery in the mid-1800s and her quest for freedom from slavery for herself and her children.
The family who were slaveholders over her led a relentless years long pursuit of her after she became a fugitive from them. ( )
  deslivres5 | Nov 17, 2023 |
I am plagued by the suspician that "Harriet" included experiences of others in her narrative, because sheer logistics makes it unlikely she experienced every single one of these horrific events. That suspicion, for me, was counterproductive because it made me distrust the narrative as a whole. ( )
  Kim.Sasso | Aug 27, 2023 |
5 stars for the Librivox audiobook recording by Elizabeth Klett, 4½ stars for the Kindle edition book. Elizabeth Klett is absolutely wonderful narrating this autobiography. I couldn't stop listening once I had started!

I decided to read this in honor of Back History Month. As a result of a recent conversation, I realized that my previous focus on the Civil Rights movement was perhaps a little too 'easy' on my white upper middle class conscience. I didn't really know anything about this book other than the fact that I had heard the title before. I was ready for the book to have descriptions of atrocities but what I wasn't ready for was the literate style of the prose. I know, shame on me for my stereotypical preconceptions!

Harriet Jacobs tells her story in such a straightforward manner as to compell belief, and while the abuses she describes are now well-known, it must have taken a tremendous amount of strength of mind to write and publish this in 1861. She not only documents the terrible degradations of slavery, but also the racism she and her children are forced to undergo in the "free states" of New York and Massachusetts. ( )
  leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 |
4½ stars. Powerful autobiography of Harriet Jacobs; this story of her life growing up as a slave and her eventual escape into the North is enhanced by the matter-of-fact manner which she uses to describe some terrible conditions. By matter-of-fact, I don't mean that she is accepting of these conditions - she speaks passionately about the injustices, cruelty, and hypocrisy she sees both in the south and the north - but she doesn't dramatize when she is describing them. I found this factual tone to make the story more compelling, so much so that I couldn't stop once I started.

To have written and published this in 1861 shows what tremendous strength of character Harriet Jacobs had, especially as she includes some fairly scathing commentary on the racism she and her children faced in the "free states" of New York and Massachusetts. I can see how incendiary this book must have been when it came out! Even as an emancipated woman living in a free state, it must have been dangerous for her (even using a pseudonym). ( )
  leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 |
This accounting of slavery in the South and oppression in the North is written by a woman slave and fully offers her perspective as a mother, granddaughter, sister, and niece. She claims that she does not write well, but that is certainly not reflected in this book. She cites hymns, scripture, songs, and relates both her trials and tribulations with such emotion.
This book should be required reading in middle school. ( )
  Kimberlyhi | Apr 15, 2023 |
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Jacobs, Harriet A.autor primaritotes les edicionsconfirmat
Child, Lydia MariaEditorautor principalalgunes edicionsconfirmat
Ellis, R. J.Editorautor principalalgunes edicionsconfirmat
Fleischner, JenniferEditorautor principalalgunes edicionsconfirmat
Foster, Frances SmithEditorautor principalalgunes edicionsconfirmat
Hendrick, WilleneEditorautor principalalgunes edicionsconfirmat
Keilman, GeorgiaEditorautor principalalgunes edicionsconfirmat
McKay, Nellie Y.Editorautor principalalgunes edicionsconfirmat
Pine, Joslyn T.Editorautor principalalgunes edicionsconfirmat
Yellin, Jean FaganEditorautor principalalgunes edicionsconfirmat
Child, Harriet Annautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Dutra, WaltensirTraductorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Evers-Williams, MyrlieIntroduccióautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.Pròlegautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Giovanni, NikkiNarratorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Griffin, Farah JasmineIntroduccióautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Jacobs, John S.Col·laboradorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Martin, Dawn LundyEpílegautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Meriwether, LouiseIntroduccióautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Painter, Nell IrvinCol·laboradorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Smith, ValerieIntroduccióautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Teller, WalterIntroduccióautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat

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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

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I was born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away.
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the immensely powerful autobiography of Harriet Jacobs, who wrote under a pen name. A feminist work, she uses her experiences to state and restate her belief that though all unhappiness sprung from being a slave, she had to endure worse, being also a woman. Her experiences show that the only refuge and relief to be found were in other women, and also that women were less able to attempt freedom when that would mean leaving their children behind. Her autobiography is the account of her struggle to achieve that freedom and respect and redefine herself. Her life is a testament to her grandmother's credo: "He that is willing to be a slave, let him be a slave."

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