A review by agapsch
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself, with "a True Tale of Slavery" by John S. Jacobs by Harriet a. Jacobs

4.0

This was an incredible autobiography by a former American slave living in the 19th century. Jacobs was a very resilient woman, living in her grandmother's attic for 7 entire years to escape her slave master. I read this for my Women in American History class, and I definitely would recommend it as necessary reading. Jacobs highlights the unique experience of an enslaved women, even going as far as to argue that life for enslaved women was worse than enslaved men, due to the sexual abuse these women faced. I truly think this should be required reading, in lieu of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (which I read in 11th grade).