Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Name: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (8 reviews)
Author: Harriet Ann Jacobs
ISBN: 9781666575460

Author: Harriet Ann Jacobs

Narrator: Mia Ellis

Unabridged: 8 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 01/15/2019

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, African American & Black Nonfiction, History, African American & Black History, Us History

Synopsis

Harriet Ann Jacob’s autobiography documents her life as a slave and how she attained freedom for herself and her children. Harrowing in its descriptions of sexual abuse, Jacob’s slave narrative is notable for the appeal it made to abolitionist women to open their eyes to the realities of slavery. Deemed too shocking for reading audiences at the time, the book was shelved before it was published in 1861 near the start of the Civil War.

About Harriet Ann Jacobs

Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813–1897) was an African-American writer who escaped from slavery and became an abolitionist speaker and reformer. Her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, was one of the first slave narratives to explore female slaves’ struggles with sexual harassment and abuse and described their efforts to protect themselves and their children.

About Mia Ellis

Mia Ellis is a graduate of the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Acting Program and a member of the Resident Acting Company at Trinity Repertory Company. In addition to working on stage, she can be seen on film and television, including in Elementary, Person of Interest, What Would You Do?, and Louder Than Words. Based in Providence and New York, she also works as a teaching artist, a writer, and an audiobook narrator.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on June 20, 2020

Book Review Harriet Ann Jacob’s work was similar to Frederick Douglass’ narrative in that both of the pieces read so quickly and easily. I very much enjoyed Jacob’s piece. The language seemed so real and almost as though Harriet, or Linda, was telling the story to me herself. I understoo......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on January 10, 2025

The book was inspiring, but only because it was so sad and horrible. She was a slave and fought hard for her agency. I know that I wouldn't have half the fortitude she did. There were some parts that were remarkable to me - things I didn't know were possible legally or socially (e.g., her grandmothe......more