| Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Contributor(s): Jacobs, Harriet Ann (Author) |
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ISBN: 1605206326 ISBN-13: 9781605206325 Publisher: Cosimo Classics OUR PRICE: $11.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | African American - Literary Collections | American - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Series: Cosimo Classics Biography |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.50 lbs) 174 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 179006 Reading Level: 7.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| 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. |