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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Jacobs
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Region

Diaspora

USA

Era

Colonial

Language

English

Genre

Autobiography

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Jacobs's account of her life as a slave and her escape, focusing on sexual exploitation of enslaved women.

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Most comprehensive slave narrative by a woman; broke silence on sexual abuse

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Jacobs's account of her life as a slave and her escape, focusing on sexual exploitation of enslaved women. Most comprehensive slave narrative by a woman; broke silence on sexual abuse

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