Whispers of Cruel Wrongs: The Correspondence of Louisa Jacobs and Her Circle, 1879-1911

Book Overview

Louisa Jacobs was the daughter of Harriet Jacobs, author of the famous autobiography Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. That work included a heartbreaking account of Harriet parting with six-year-old Louisa, taken away to the North by her white father. Now, rediscovered letters reveal the lives of Louisa and her circle and shed light on Harriet's old age.

New voices call out from the lost world of nineteenth-century African American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299311805
• ISBN13: 9780299311803
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"