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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Harriet Jacobs
Length8h 26m
About this audiobook
First published in 1861, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," Harriet Jacobs' autobiography, is the story of a woman who overcomes the odds to save her family is similar. Under the pseudonym Linda Brent, Jacobs details her life as a woman enslaved at the height of the abolitionist movement.
As the narrative opens, Linda Brent recounts the "unusually fortunate circumstances" of her early childhood before she realized she was a slave. Linda's father is a carpenter who — because of his extraordinary skills — is granted many of the privileges of a free man. The chapter introduces Linda's mother, her brother William, and her Uncle Benjamin, who is sold at age ten. Linda also introduces her maternal grandmother (referred to as Aunt Martha by the white community), a strong-willed, resourceful woman who establishes a bakery to earn money to buy her children's freedom. She manages to earn $300, which she loans to her mistress, who never repays her.
When Linda is six years old, her mother dies. When she is 12, her mistress dies, and Linda is sold to the five-year-old daughter of her mistress' sister...
"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" is the most widely-read female antebellum slave narrative.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Literary Classics, History
Length8 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 29, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface By The Author
2321. The Loophole Of Retreat
2Introduction By The Editor
2422. Christmas Festivities
31. Childhood
2523. Still In Prison
42. The New Master And Mistress
2624. The Candidate For Congress
53. The Slaves' New Year's Day
2725. Competition In Cunning
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64. The Slave Who Dared To Feel Like A Man
2826. Important Era In My Brother's Life
75. The Trials Of Girlhood
2927. New Destination For The Children
86. The Jealous Mistress
3028. Aunt Nancy
97. The Lover
3129. Preparations For Escape
108. What Slaves Are Taught To Think Of The North
3230. Northward Bound
119. Sketches Of Neighboring Slaveholders
3331. Incidents In Philadelphia
1210. A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl's Life
3432. The Meeting Of Mother And Daughter
1311. The New Tie To Life
3533. A Home Found
1412. Fear Of Insurrection
3634. The Old Enemy Again
1513. The Church And Slavery
3735. Prejudice Against Color
1614. Another Link To Life
3836. The Hairbreadth Escape
1715. Continued Persecutions
3937. A Visit To England
1816. Scenes At The Plantation
4038. Renewed Invitations To Go South
1917. The Flight
4139. The Confession
2018. Months Of Peril
4240. The Fugitive Slave Law
2119. The Children Sold
4341. Free At Last
2220. New Perils
44Appendix
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