Author: introductioncby Jean Fagan Yellin,
Title: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl written by herself.
Description: Cambridge, MA, Harvard Univ Press, (1987). VG lg sz PB. Jacobs was born a slave in N. Carolina in 1813 and became a fugitive in the 1830s. She recorded her triumphant struggle for. freedom in an autobiography that was published pseudonymously in 1861. In this edition, Yellin identifies the people & places Jacobs wrote about, presents new materials about Jacobs & her manuscript, including photos & a selection of her letters & locates incidents in relation to other literature. Sl edge wear & small crease at lower ft cover corner.

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