Description: Very Good. 8vo 0156443503 very good USED copy, clean and tight, some cover wear, Topics 19th Century; African-American; Biography & Autobiography; Ethnic Studies; General; History; Non-Fiction; People of Color; Reader's Catalog; Slaves; Social Science; United States. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvest Books
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780156443500ISBN:0156443503
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780156443500ISBN:0156443503
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 228 p. Harvest/HBJ Book. Audience: General/trade. Appears unread, black mark on bottom edge, soft corners, z6 read more
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: Harvest/HBJ Book Pub Date: 10/1/1983 Binding: Paperback Pages: 228. read more
"I read this on DailyLit and have to say that it is an amazing story. This is probably one of few autobiographical accounts of women in slavery and to watch the fire she has for freedom wax and wane through her trials and tribulations is something that I'm really thankful I got to partake in. I am in awe of her firm trust in God throughout her experiences and the confidence she had in the truth that all men and women are created equal even when everything around her was trying to tell her otherwise. A must read."
"Please don't hate me for giving this book only two stars. I am not a racist or anything, and I think that slavery was one of the worst things that we, as humans, have ever done. This book was wonderfully written. Harriet Ann Jacobs has a true gift with words. I was even reminded of Nabokov's writing, ha ha. But, come on, let's face it: this is so old. We've heard the stories and we know it already. I didn't even finish this book, cause I knew how it was going to end. This would be great if it's your first book of this sort, or if you haven't studied slavery. However, if you have done either of those, spend your time reading something better."
"I had read this narrative before, at least three different times, but the repeat reading only brings more of the details to the reader's attention. Since the previous readings were so long ago, I didn't remember too many of the details of the narrative. It was like I was reading Jacobs' story for the first time. Harriet Ann Jacobs is very deliberate in her language and the way she acts as supplicator and judge. The complexity of the language is often overshadowed by the "flowery" writing of the time period. Jacobs is a complex individual and narrator who tells the story from the first person perspective of Linda Brent, a fictional pseudonym. Even though I read Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl for a graduate American literature course, I was inspired to write a research paper about Jacobs' story and present it at a literature conference. This narrative enlightens the reader on many levels and offers a critical examination of one of America's darkest periods of history-- African American slavery."
"Exceptional autobiography by Harriet Jacobs. Demands true examination of the atrocities of slavery on both an emotional and intellectual level. The author gives exceptional access to her thoughts, fears, and hopes. "And as for the colored race, it needs an abler pen that mine to describe the extremity of their sufferings, the depth of their degredation. Yet few slaveholders seem to be aware of the widespread moral ruin occasioned by this wicked system. Their talk is of blighted cotton crops-not of the blight on their children's souls. If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantaion, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there will be no concealment; and you will see and hear things that will seem to you impossible among human beings with immortal souls.""
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