The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers

by Jean Fagan Yellin, Joseph M Thomas, Kate Culkin

Although millions of African American women were held in bondage over the 250 years that slavery was legal in the United States, Harriet Jacobs (1813-97) is the only one known to have left papers testifying to her life. Her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, holds a central place in the canon of American literature as the most important slave narrative by an African American woman.

Born in Edenton, North Carolina,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080783131X
• ISBN13: 9780807831311
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 3.2" x 6.6" x 10.1"