Description Not only one of the last of over one hundred Slave narratives published separately before the Civil War, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) is also one of the few existing narratives written by a woman.
In a story that merges the conventions of the Slave narrative with the techniques of the sentimental novel, Harriet Jacobs describes her efforts to fight off the a.
It offers a unique perspective on the complex plight of the black woman as Slave and as writer.
Description Not only one of the last of over one hundred Slave narratives published separately before the Civil War, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) is also one of the few existing narratives written by a woman