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

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Ann Jacobs

248 pages first pub 1861 (editions)

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"One of the major autobiographies of the African-American tradition."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr. "It has been painful to me, in many ways, to recall the dreary years I passed in bondage. I would gladly forget them if I could. Yet the retrospection is...

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Moods

emotional 77%
sad 65%
dark 63%
informative 55%
challenging 53%
reflective 44%
tense 37%
inspiring 27%
hopeful 17%
adventurous 6%

Pace

medium 61%
slow 22%
fast 15%

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4.1

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