Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, autobiographical narrative published in 1861 by Harriet Jacobs, an abolitionist who described her experiences while enslaved in North Carolina. It is one of the most important and influential slave narratives, and it is a landmark in African American literature. Jacobs uses the name Linda Brent in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. She describes how she is enslaved by Dr. Flint, a pious churchgoer who sexually harasses and abuses her. She eventually escapes him and makes her way to the North. Jacobs’s book derives its power from ...(100 of 131 words)