Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Our rough guess is there are 35,000 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 2 hours and 20 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 5 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
Author
Publication
2018-11-06 - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Word Count
35,000 words, Guess
Page Count
140 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-101503277941
- ISBN-139781503277946
- Better World Books9781503277946
- Open LibraryOL28240612M
Classifications
- DDC306.362092
Description
The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl remains among the few extant slave narratives written by a woman. 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. Written and published in 1861 after Jacobs' harrowing escape from a vile and predatory master, the memoir delivers a powerful and unflinching portrayal of the abuses and hypocrisy of the master-slave relationship. Jacobs writes frankly of the horrors she suffered as a slave, her eventual escape after several unsuccessful attempts, and her seven years in self-imposed exile, hiding in a coffin-like "garret" attached to her grandmother's porch. A rare firsthand account of a courageous woman's determination and endurance, this inspirational story also represents a valuable historical record of the continuing battle for freedom and the preservation of family.
First Sentence
I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away.
Subjects
Topics
Places
People
Times
Other Editions
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Show 367 more editions
357 other editions not shown
Similar Books
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass.
Twelve Years a Slave: Classic Literature
Solomon Northup, Solomon Northup
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African
Olaudah Equiano
Up from slavery
by Booker T. Washington
Beloved: a novel
by Toni Morrison ; [with a new foreword by the author].
7h 46m readUncle Tom's story of his life: an autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson,(Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom") from 1789 to 1876
with a preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe and an introductory note by George Sturge, and S. Morley ; edited by John Lobb.
Twelve years a slave.: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New York, kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River, in Louisiana.
Solomon Northup
To be a slave
Julius Lester ; illustrated by Tom Feelings
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!