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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself by Harriet Ann Jacobs
30 reviews
uhhjeepers's review against another edition
5.0
Harriet Ann Jacobs' story is devastating yet empowering, and everybody should have to read it within their lifetime. Her voice and recollection of events frequently made me cry, but I also frequently struggled to put it down when I had to. A necessary non-fiction read.
Graphic: Racism and Slavery
jem_carstairs's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexism, Racial slurs, Racism, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Slavery
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, and Confinement
readingwithcoffee's review against another edition
5.0
Jacobs is such a talented writer and her analysis of race, class and gender ages extremely well for being over a century old. Even on the hellish conditions she lives in and others enslaved she is very aware of the advantages and unique dangers her family light skin and mixed heritage puts them in as slaves and especially her boy who without knowledge of his family or ancestry passes as white. She also keeps everyone very human because the hell of chattel slavery is man made whether it’s a woman who owns slaves helping her escape or even a slave trader helping her family keep the kids her master is trying to send away to punish her while telling her brother he owes him helping him convince black women to be sold by him on his next trip after talking about his field of work hurt his heart. People with such odd mixes and harmful politics are still really real and you can feel Jacobs bafflement and odd gratitude to those people that are also very human for her especially when she later likens pro slavery southerners to snakes and talks about just how freeing that is. It is also very obvious the book is intended for a northern audience to convince them to repeal the fugitive slave act that I think makes this classic so idea for the classroom and I wish books like these by black Americans who lived through these things were what were commonplace vs the Uncle Tom cabin or Tony sawyer. Also really happy this was apparently a bestseller in Japan when it was translated to Japanese in 2017.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Torture, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Violence, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, and Rape
Moderate: Misogyny and Miscarriage
jamieloraine's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexism and Slavery
bella_ruth's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Violence and Slavery
Moderate: Sexual harassment
thomasina's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Trafficking, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Confinement, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Deportation, and Colonisation
clarkf87's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Racism, Stalking, Slavery, Hate crime, Grief, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Rape
Minor: Sexual harassment
thatone2112's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Racism, Slavery, and Racial slurs
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
Graphic: Slavery, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Child death, Grief, Classism, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Alcohol, Murder, Animal death, Terminal illness, Blood, and Pregnancy
annieogg's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Hate crime, Slavery, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Racism