Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself
by [Jacobs, Harriet]; Linda Brent [Pseudonym]; Lydia Maria [Editor]
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
A truly scarce landmark of American literature, many times more rare in commerce and at auction than many of the 19th century ex-slave narratives with which is often compared such as Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. It was long thought to be fictional, utilizing the narrative techniques of the sentimental novel as it does and published under a pseudonym, until the 1980s when historian Jean Fagan Yellin established it was Harriet Jacobs' autobiography. In particular, the attention Jacobs called to the sexual abuse and exploitation of female slaves was quite ahead of its time, not to mention effective at making her abolitionist and feminist argument in a visceral way readers could not ignore. One of the major documents with which we understand the 19th century American experience.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140945560
- Title
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself
- Author
- [Jacobs, Harriet]; Linda Brent [Pseudonym]; Lydia Maria [Editor]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Published for the Author [by Thayer & Eldridge]
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1861
- Keywords
- slave-narratives, enslaved people, African American, women, autobiography, memoir, South, abolitionist, abolitionism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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