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This autobiographical account by a former slave is one of the few extant narratives written by a woman. Written and published in 1861, it delivers a powerful, unflinching portrayal of the brutality of slave life. Jacobs speaks frankly of her master's abuse and her eventual escape, in an amazing and Continue
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lrb published on Mon, 6 Sep 2010
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By reading this book, I learned a lot about the slaves and how the law and their condition were at that time. The main character of this story pay a lot in order to gain her own freedom....the slaveholders just treat them like s**t and are traded like cattle. I am so happy that we are in a more civi ... (continue)
Amily said on Oct 2, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- English Books
- Paperback 176 Pages
- Edition: New
- ISBN-10: 0486419312
- ISBN-13: 9780486419312
- Publisher: Dover Publications
- Pub date: Nov 09, 2001
- Dimensions: 1355 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Unbound, Others and eBook
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| 9780486419312 | Paperback | $3.50 | $3.15 | bn.com |
| $3.50 | $2.99 | The Book Depository | ||
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Jenny Camille 
Dark Corners
The publishers of each of these books claim a revelation of common experience and suffering through the true recounting of an individual life. Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself was first published anonymously ... (read full critics)