Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Dover Thrift Editions: Black History)

This autobiographical account by a former slave is one of the few extant narratives written by a woman.

Written and published in 1861, it delivers a powerful portrayal of the brutality of slave life.

This autobiographical account chronicles the remarkable odyssey of Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897) whose dauntless spirit and faith carried her from a life of servitude and degradation in North Carolina to liberty and reunion with her children in the North. A true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom.

“There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment.”