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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

by Harriet A. Jacobs

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Author
Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897
Title
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself
Credits
Juliet Sutherland, Andre Lapierre and PG Distributed Proofreaders. Revised by Richard Tonsing.
Language
English
LoC Class
E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)
Subject
Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897
Category
Text
eBook-No.
11030
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11030
Release Date
February 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL.
  2. 2.Contents.
  3. 3.Preface by the Author
  4. 4.Introduction by the Editor
  5. 5.I. Childhood
  6. 6.II. The New Master And Mistress.
  7. 7.III. The Slaves’ New Year’s Day.
  8. 8.IV. The Slave Who Dared To Feel Like A Man.
  9. 9.V. The Trials Of Girlhood.
  10. 10.VI. The Jealous Mistress.
  11. 11.VII. The Lover.
  12. 12.VIII. What Slaves Are Taught To Think Of The North.
  13. 13.IX. Sketches Of Neighboring Slaveholders.
  14. 14.X. A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl’s Life.
  15. 15.XI. The New Tie To Life.
  16. 16.XII. Fear Of Insurrection.
  17. 17.XIII. The Church And Slavery.
  18. 18.XIV. Another Link To Life.
  19. 19.XV. Continued Persecutions.
  20. 20.XVI. Scenes At The Plantation.
  21. 21.XVII. The Flight.
  22. 22.XVIII. Months Of Peril.
  23. 23.XIX. The Children Sold.
  24. 24.XX. New Perils.
  25. 25.XXI. The Loophole Of Retreat.
  26. 26.XXII. Christmas Festivities.
  27. 27.XXIII. Still In Prison.
  28. 28.XXIV. The Candidate For Congress.
  29. 29.XXV. Competition In Cunning.
  30. 30.XXVI. Important Era In My Brother’s Life.
  31. 31.XXVII. New Destination For The Children.
  32. 32.XXVIII. Aunt Nancy.
  33. 33.XXIX. Preparations For Escape.
  34. 34.XXX. Northward Bound.
  35. 35.XXXI. Incidents In Philadelphia.
  36. 36.XXXII. The Meeting Of Mother And Daughter.
  37. 37.XXXIII. A Home Found.
  38. 38.XXXIV. The Old Enemy Again.
  39. 39.XXXV. Prejudice Against Color.
  40. 40.XXXVI. The Hairbreadth Escape.
  41. 41.XXXVII. A Visit To England
  42. 42.XXXVIII. Renewed Invitations To Go South.
  43. 43.XXXIX. The Confession.
  44. 44.XL. The Fugitive Slave Law.
  45. 45.XLI. Free At Last.
  46. 46.APPENDIX.

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