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Incidents in the life of a slave girl

Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) 1813-1897 (Author). Painter, Nell Irvin (Added Author). Jacobs, John S 1815-1875 True tale of slavery. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0451527526
ISBN: 9780140437959
ISBN: 0140437959
Physical Description: xxxvi, 277 pages ; 20 cm.
print
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277).

Formatted Contents Note:

I. Childhood -- II. The New Master and Mistress -- III. The Slaves' New Year's Day -- IV. The Slave Who Dared to Feel like a Man -- V. The Trials of Girlhood -- VI. The Jealous Mistress -- VII. The Lover -- VIII. What Slaves Are Taught to Think of the North -- IX. Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders -- X.A Perilous Passage in the Slave Girl's Life -- XI. The New Tie to Life -- XII. Fear of Insurrection -- XIII. The Church and Slavery -- XIV. Another Link to Life -- XV. Continued Persecutions -- XVI. Scenes at the Plantation -- XVII. The Flight -- XVIII. Months of Peril -- XIX. The Children Sold -- XX. New Perils -- XXI. The Loophole of Retreat -- XXII. Christmas Festivities -- XXIII. Still in Prison -- XXIV. The Candidate for Congress -- XXV. Competition in Cunning -- XXVI. Important Era in My Brother's Life -- XXVII. New Destination for the Children -- XVIII Aunt Nancy -- XXIX. Preparations for Escape -- XXX. Northward Bound -- XXXI. Incidents in Philadelphia -- XXXII. The Meeting of Mother and Daughter -- XXXIII. A Home Found -- XXXIV. The Old Enemy Again -- XXXV. Prejudice against Color -- XXXVI. The Hairbreadth Escape -- XXXVII. A Visit to England -- XXXVIII. Renewed Invitations to Go South -- XXXIX. The Confession -- XL. The Fugitive Slave Law -- XLI. Free at Last --- Appendix --- A TRUE TALE OF SLAVER. I. Some Account of My Early Die -- II. A Further Account of My Family -- III. My Uncle's Troubles -- IV. My New Master's Plantation -- V. My Master Goes to Washington -- VI. Sensations of Freedom -- VII. Cruel Treatment of Slaves.