Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Ann Jacobs, african-american writer (1813-1897)


This ebook presents «Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl», from Harriet Ann Jacobs. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Linda Brent

- Motto

- Preface By The Author

- Introduction By The Editor

- Childhood

- The New Master And Mistress

- The Slaves' New Year's Day

- The Slave Who Dared To Feel Like A Man

- The Trials Of Girlhood

- The Jealous Mistress

- The Lover

- What Slaves Are Taught To Think Of The North

- A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl's Life

- The New Tie To Life

- Fear Of Insurrection

- The Church And Slavery

- Another Link To Life

- Scenes At The Plantation

- The Flight

- Months Of Peril

- The Children Sold

- New Perils

- The Loophole Of Retreat

- Christmas Festivities

- Still In Prison

- The Candidate For Congress

- Competition In Cunning

- Important Era In My Brother's Life

- New Destination For The Children

- Aunt Nancy

- Preparations For Escape

- Northward Bound

- Incidents In Philadelphia

- The Meeting Of Mother And Daughter

- A Home Found

- The Old Enemy Again

- Prejudice Against Color

- The Hairbreadth Escape

- A Visit To England

- Renewed Invitations To Go South

- The Confession

- The Fugitive Slave Law

- Free At Last

- Appendix