Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl

by Harriet Jacobs

Overview

An authentic autobiographical account of slave life in the South from the 1820s to the 1840s. To escape sexual exploitation by her master, Brent ran away and hid in an attic crawl space that became her home for seven years of unbelievable physical hardship. Edited by L. Maria Child; Introduction by Walter Teller.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156443500
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/21/1973
Series:	American Biography Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	740L (what's this?)

About the Author

Harriet Jacobs was born a slave in North Carolina around 1813 and became a fugitive in the 1830s. She died in 1897.