Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet Jacobs
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Born in slavery, but being fortunate enough to be owned by a benevolent mistress, her life takes a tragic turn when her parents and her benefactor die. The new heir to the property (and slaves) is a cruel and lewd man who begins to make inappropriate advances to the lovely young slave-girl. In a bid to escape, she becomes entangled in a relationship with a neighboring landowner who promises a better life, and she even has two children. However, things become worse for her when her cruel owner decides to punish her by sending her and her children to a...
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- 00 – Introduction
- 01 – Childhood
- 02 – The New Master and Mistress
- 03 – The Slaves’ New Year’s Day
- 04 – The Slave Who Dared to Feel Like a Man
- 05 – The Trials of Girlhood
- 06 – The Jealous Mistress
- 07 – The Lover
- 08 – What Slaves Are Taught to Think of the North
- 09 – Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders
