Record #:

38973

Author(s):

Abstract:

Harriet Jacobs, born a slave in Edenton, NC, was taught to read and write by her first mistress. She composed her autobiography between 1853 and 1858, telling of her struggle against her oppression in slavery as a sexual object and a mother. She ranaway from her owner and finally was able to escape up North about 1842. In 1861, Jacobs had published her slave narrative, ‘Incidents in the life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself,’ which established her as an African-American activist and writer. She later became a relief worker among ‘Colored Refugees.”

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 26 Issue No. 2, April 2017, p33

Subject(s):

Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897