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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet A. Jacobs; A True Tale of Slavery, by John S. JacobsISBN: 978-1-881089-65-0
Paperback
208 pages
August 1999, ©1999, Wiley-Blackwell
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Introduction
1. Harriet A. Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
2. John S. Jacobs: A True Tale of Slavery
Childhood 13
The New Master And Mistress 17
The Slave's New Year's Day 24
The Slave Who Dared To Feel Like A Man 27
The Trials Of Girlhood 39
The Jealous Mistress 43
The Lover 50
What Slaves Are Taught To Think Of The North 57
Sketches Of Neighboring Slaveholders 60
A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl's Life 69
The New Tie To Life 75
Fear Of Insurrection 81
The Church And Slavery 87
Another Link To Life 96
Continued Persecutions 100
Scenes At The Plantation 107
The Flight 117
Months Of Peril 121
The Children Sold 129
New Perils 135
The Loophole Of Retreat 140
Christmas Festivities 145
Still In Prison 148
The Candidate For Congress 152
Competition In Cunning 155
Important Era In My Brother's Life 161
New Destination For The Children 166
Aunt Nancy 174
Preparations For Escape 180
Northward Bound 190
Incidents In Philadelphia 194
The Meeting Of Mother and Daughter 199
A Home Found 203
The Old Enemy Again 206
Prejudice Against Color 211
The Hairbreadth Escape 214
A Visit To England 220
Renewed Invitations To Go South 223
The Confession 226
The Fugitive Slave Law 229
Free At Last 235
Appendix 245
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