In what has become a landmark of American history and literature, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl recounts the incredible but true story of Harriet Jacobs, born a Slave in North Carolina in 1813.
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As a child, Harriet Jacobs remained blissfully unaware that she was a Slave until the deaths of both her mother and a benevolent mistress exposed her to a sexually predatory master, Dr.
Her tale gains its importance from her descriptions, in great and painful detail, of the sexual exploitation that daily haunted her life-and the Life of every other black female slave.
In what has become a landmark of American history and literature, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl recounts the incredible but true story of Harriet Jacobs, born a Slave in North Carolina in 1813
