Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Ann Jacobs with Frances Smith Foster (Contributor), Nellie Y. McKay (Contributor)

390 pages first pub 1861 (editions)

nonfiction classics memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced
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After hiding in her grandmother’s attic for seven years, Harriet Ann Jacobs was finally able to escape servitude—and her master’s sexual abuse—when she fled to the North. Once there, she became a very active abolitionist, and her correspondence wi...

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emotional 77%
sad 65%
dark 63%
informative 55%
challenging 53%
reflective 44%
tense 38%
inspiring 27%
hopeful 16%
adventurous 6%

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slow 22%
fast 15%

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