Incidents in the Life of A Slave Girl, Written by Herself: With Related Documents (Bedford Series in History & Culture (Paperback))

Examining the first- and best-known female account of life under, and escape from, slavery, Incidents in the Life of A Slave Girl, Written by Herself recounts Harriet Jacobs' story and shows how she used the written word to liberate herself and promote the end of slavery by inspiring sympathy.