Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass

Author : Frederick Douglass,Harriet Jacobs
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307796875

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Frederick Douglass,Harriet Jacobs Pdf

Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah Commentary by Jean Fagan Yellin and Margaret Fuller This Modern Library edition combines two of the most important African American slave narratives—crucial works that each illuminate and inform the other. Frederick Douglass’s Narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlightening and incendiary text. Born into slavery, Douglass became the preeminent spokesman for his people during his life; his narrative is an unparalleled account of the dehumanizing effects of slavery and Douglass’s own triumph over it. Like Douglass, Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery, and in 1861 she published Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, now recognized as the most comprehensive antebellum slave narrative written by a woman. Jacobs’s account broke the silence on the exploitation of African American female slaves, and it remains essential reading. Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide

Author : Frederick Douglass,Harriet Jacobs
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307416186

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Frederick Douglass,Harriet Jacobs Pdf

This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition combines the two most important African American slave narratives into one volume. Frederick Douglass's Narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlightening and incendiary text. Born into slavery, Douglass became the preeminent spokesman for his people during his life; his narrative is an unparalleled account of the dehumanizing effects of slavery and Douglass's own triumph over it. Like Douglass, Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery, and in 1861 she published Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, now recognized as the most comprehensive antebellum slave narrative written by a woman. Jacobs's account broke the silence on the exploitation of African American female slaves, and it remains crucial reading. These narratives illuminate and inform each other. This edition includes an incisive Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah and extensive annotations. From the Paperback edition.

Author : Harriet Jacobs,Frederick Douglass
Publisher : Leonaur
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0857066951

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl & Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Harriet Jacobs,Frederick Douglass Pdf

This special Leonaur edition combines the account of Harriet Ann Jacobs with that of Frederick Douglass. They were contemporaries and African Americans of note who shared a common background of slavery and, after their liberation, knew each other and worked for a common cause.

Author : Harriet Ann Jacobs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : HARVARD:32044087358669

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs Pdf

Author : Harriet A. Jacobs
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783375041250

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet A. Jacobs Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.

Author : Harriet Jacobs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451604238

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs Pdf

Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is one of the most compelling accounts of slavery and one of the most unique of the one hundred or so slave narratives -- mostly written by men -- published before the Civil War. The child and grandchild of slaves -- and therefore forbidden by law to read and write -- Harriet Jacobs was defiant in her efforts to gain freedom and to document her experience in bondage. She suffered physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her master at the age of eleven. In 1842, she fled North and joined a circle of abolitionists that worked for Frederick Douglass's newspaper. In 1863, she and her daughter moved to Alexandria, Virginia, where they organized medical care for Civil War victims and established the Jacobs Free School.

Author : Harriet A. Jacobs
Publisher : Prestwick House Inc
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781580493369

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Literary Touchstone Classic by Harriet A. Jacobs Pdf

This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader appreciate Jacobs' perspectives and language.DRIVEN BY THE HORRORS of slavery and fear of a predatory master, Harriet Jacobs, a young black woman, makes the fateful, life-altering decision to escape. Long thought to be the work of a white writer, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the captivating and terrifying story of Jacobs' daily life on a plantation in North Carolina, her seven years of hiding, and her ultimate triumph.Jacobs wrote her autobiography in 1861, under a pseudonym to protect the lives of the friends and family she left behind, and the work had been essentially lost until the mid-twentieth century. Now recognized as a classic, unflinching portrait of slave life, Incidents exposes slavery on a level comparable only to that of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

Author : Frederick Douglass
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:SMP2300000058284

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass Pdf

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Frederick Douglass wrote in 1845. It’s an autobiographic story about slavery and freedom, constant aim to run away from the owner and at last become a free man. One failure follows another one. But in the end the fortune favours Douglass and he runs away on a train to the north, New-York. It would seem he is free now. Suddenly, he realises that his journey isn’t finished yet. He understands that even after he got free he can’t be at real liberty until the slavery is abolished in the USA…

Author : Harriet A. Jacobs,Frederick Douglass
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0613501330

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave and Incidents In the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet A. Jacobs,Frederick Douglass Pdf

Douglas's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas's, An American Slave, and Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, each the most famous and powerful autobiography ora 19th-century African American man and woman (respectively), are each stories of suffering and triumph, of slavery and the quest for freedom. They are the archetypes of the slave narrative genre and are widely read and taught. This edition features a new introduction by Afro-American scholar, Anthony Appiah.

Author : Harriet Jacobs
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9788728171745

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs Pdf

For those interested in the abolition of slavery and the Slavery Act in America, 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl' is an autobiography by Harriet Ann Jacobs, a mother and fugitive slave. The book covers Jacobs' life as a slave and how she fought for freedom for herself and her children. With deep historical prominence, the autobiography covers the struggles she faced, including the sexual abuse that female slaves had to endure. Published in 1861 and filled with accounts of heroism and courage, 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl' will leave you shocked and brimming with admiration for Harriet Jacobs. This is perfect for fans of Fredrick Douglass' memoir 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave'. Harriet Ann Jacobs was an African-American writer, whose autobiography, 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl', is now considered an important American classic. Born into slavery in North Carolina, Jacobs was sexually harassed by her enslaver and when he threatened to sell her children if she didn't allow him to abuse her, she hid in a tiny gap under the roof of her grandmother's house for seven years. She finally managed to escape to the free North where she was reunited with her two children and her brother. During the Civil War, she went to the Union-occupied parts of the South with her daughter and founded two schools for fugitive and freed slaves. They kept boarding houses together until 1887-88, when Harriet became too ill to continue. She died in 1897 in Washington D.C.

Author : Markus Bulgrin
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-27
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9783638866460

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Harriet Jacobs’s "Incidents In the Life of a Slave Girl" and Frederick Douglass’ "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass's, an American Slave" by Markus Bulgrin Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3, University of Heidelberg (Anglistisches Seminar), course: PSII: Captivity Narratives, 19 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Besides the virtual extermination of the native Indian population it is the brutal and dreadful treatment of Afro-American slaves in the 19th century which depicts some of the darkest and saddest chapters in the history of the United States. Still today the vestiges of slavery can be felt. Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845) and Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) are two autobiographies, written by two former slaves, who succeeded in escaping slavery and all its inexpressible cruelties. They are considered two of the most influential, and groundbreaking works of the Antebellum Period, which bear witness to slavery in the United States. These two narratives “that have become twin classics in African American literature course” (cf. Boesenberg 1999: 121), shall be compared, discussed and analysed in this paper. However, Boesenberg’s classification of the texts as “twin classics” could be misread and give rise to misinterpretation, as it may not be the most fitting term. Twins are widely thought of being almost the same. One might argue that this is not entirely true for Jacobs’s and Douglass’s narratives. The aim of this paper will be to point out some crucial similarities and differences between Douglass’s and Jacobs’s autobiographies. The first part of the paper briefly introduces some important similarities of the two narratives. In a second part focus will be given to distinctive features of these texts: family ties, gender difference, sexual exploitation, and manhood and womanhood. In a third part the motif of literacy and its meaning for the author’s liberation will be discussed. The conclusion summarizes the preceded chapters and critically disputes Boesenberg’s statement of the twin classics.

Author : Harriet A. Jacobs
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0674035836

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet A. Jacobs Pdf

John Jacobs' short slave narrative, "A True Tale of Slavery", published in London in 1861, adds a brother's perspective to Harriet Jacobs' autobiography. This book is the enlarged edition of the most significant and celebrated slave narrative that completes the Jacobs family saga.

Author : Frederick Douglass,Harriet Ann Jacobs,Booker Taliaferro Washington,W. E. B. Du Bois
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:SMP2200000182241

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From Slavery to Freedom: Narrative Of The Life, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Up From Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk. Illustrated by Frederick Douglass,Harriet Ann Jacobs,Booker Taliaferro Washington,W. E. B. Du Bois Pdf

African American history is the part of American history that looks at the past of African Americans or Black Americans. Of the 10.7 million Africans who were brought to the Americas until the 1860s, 450 thousand were shipped to what is now the United States. Most African Americans are descended from Africans who were brought directly from Africa to America and became slaves. The future slaves were originally captured in African wars or raids and transported in the Atlantic slave trade. Our collection includes the following works: Narrative Of The Life by Frederick Douglass. The impassioned abolitionist and eloquent orator provides graphic descriptions of his childhood and horrifying experiences as a slave as well as a harrowing record of his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom. Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. Powerful by portrayal of the brutality of slave life through the inspiring tale of one woman's dauntless spirit and faith. Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington. Washington rose to become the most influential spokesman for African Americans of his day. He describes events in a remarkable life that began in slavery and culminated in worldwide recognition. The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois. W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Contents: 1. Frederick Douglass: Narrative Of The Life 2. Harriet Ann Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 3. Booker Taliaferro Washington: Up From Slavery 4. W. E. B. Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk

Author : Markus Bulgrin
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783638866538

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Twin Classics in African American Literature? Harriet Jacobs's 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl' and Frederick Douglass's 'Narrative of the Life by Markus Bulgrin Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3, University of Heidelberg (Anglistisches Seminar), course: PSII: Captivity Narratives, 19 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Besides the virtual extermination of the native Indian population it is the brutal and dreadful treatment of Afro-American slaves in the 19th century which depicts some of the darkest and saddest chapters in the history of the United States. Still today the vestiges of slavery can be felt. Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845) and Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) are two autobiographies, written by two former slaves, who succeeded in escaping slavery and all its inexpressible cruelties. They are considered two of the most influential, and groundbreaking works of the Antebellum Period, which bear witness to slavery in the United States. These two narratives "that have become twin classics in African American literature course" (cf. Boesenberg 1999: 121), shall be compared, discussed and analysed in this paper. However, Boesenberg's classification of the texts as "twin classics" could be misread and give rise to misinterpretation, as it may not be the most fitting term. Twins are widely thought of being almost the same. One might argue that this is not entirely true for Jacobs's and Douglass's narratives. The aim of this paper will be to point out some crucial similarities and differences between Douglass's and Jacobs's autobiographies. The first part of the paper briefly introduces some important similarities of the two narratives. In a second part focus will be given to distinctive features of these texts: family ties, gender difference, sexual exploitation, and manhood and womanhood. In a third part the motif of literacy and its meaning for the author's liberation will be discussed. The conclusion summar

Author : Linda Brent - Harriet Ann Jacobs
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781329817449

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Linda Brent - Harriet Ann Jacobs Pdf

Reader be assured this narrative is no fiction. I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, strictly true. I have not exaggerated the wrongs inflicted by Slavery; on the contrary, my descriptions fall far short of the facts. I have concealed the names of places, and given persons fictitious names. I had no motive for secrecy on my own account, but I deemed it kind and considerate towards others to pursue this course. ""I wish I were more competent to the task I have undertaken. But I trust my readers will excuse deficiencies in consideration of circumstances. I was born and reared in Slavery; and I remained in a Slave State twenty-seven years.""