Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Illustrated)
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073X6MWVC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 125 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Jacobs used the pseudonym Linda Brent. She makes direct appeals to their humanity to expand their knowledge and influence their thoughts about slavery as an institution.BONUS :• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Audiobook.• Biography of Harriet Jacobs.. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiography by a young mother and fugitive slave published in 1861 by L. The book documents Jacobs' life as a slave and how she gained freedom for herself and for her children. Jacobs contributed to the genre of slave narrative by using the techniques of sentimental novels "to address race and gender issues." She explores the struggle
"for they allow us to gain a better understanding of how far our society has come" according to Jayah. This autobiography was assigned to me when I was a junior in high school. Three years later, as a sophomore in college, I was asked to read the book again for my class on Black Thought and Literature. I wish that I had taken the time to slow down and analyze Frederick Douglass' narrative from a literal, analytical, and figurative perspective. Had I done that the first time around—as opposed to treating the book as another required reading that I needed to speed-read through—I believe that my understanding would have been more in-depth and meaningful. The emotion and convic. Heart-wrenching and inspiring This is the true-life autobiographical memoir of Ms. Harriet Ann Jacobs, a woman who endured years of being enslaved, and the extraordinary suffering she endured to obtain freedom. This book was so poignantly written, and thus it was hard to read and impossible to stop reading it. The book will also direct the reader to the website which adds further information for what happened to Ms Jacobs after the book ends.. "Order the audio version separately" according to Megan S. Maxwell. The work by Frederick Douglass was 5 stars. The audio portion was Order the audio version separately The work by Frederick Douglass was 5 stars. The audio portion was 3 stars. I say this because when I ordered the Kindle and audiobook, I expected the audio version with Raymond Hearn, not Steven Anderson. That lost one star. The second star was lost because, despite Steven Anderson's smooth reading, he occasionally messes up and repeats a sentence. They should have edited these mistakes out.. stars. I say this because when I ordered the Kindle and audiobook, I expected the audio version with Raymond Hearn, not Steven Anderson. That lost one star. The second star was lost because, despite Steven Anderson's smooth reading, he occasionally messes up and repeats a sentence. They should have edited these mistakes out.
Jacobs (1813-97) was a slave in North Carolina and suffered terribly, along with her family, at the hands of a ruthless owner. For all biography and history collections.Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. She made several failed attempts to escape before successfully making her way North, though it took years of hiding and slow progress. From Library Journal Published in 1861, this was one of the first personal narratives by a slave and one of the few written by a woman. Eventually