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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Enlarged Edition, Now with "A True Tale of Slavery"
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself Enlarged Edition Now with A True Tale of Slavery Author:Harriet A. Jacobs This enlarged edition of the most significant and celebrated slave narrative now completes the Jacob family saga, surely one of the most memorable in all of American history. John Jacobs' short slave narrative, "A True Tale of Slavery," published in London in 1861, adds a brother's perspective to Harriet Jacobs' own autobiography. It is an exc... more »iting addition to this now classic work, as John Jacobs presents additional historical information about family life so well described already by his sister. Importantly, it presents the people, places, and events Harriet Jacobs wrote about from the different perspective of a male narrator. Once more, Jean Yellin, who discovered this long-lost document, supplies annotation and authentication. She has also brought her Introduction up to date.« less
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This is a wonderful book. It truely shows what some young girls and women of the time indured.