Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself

by Harriet A. Jacobs

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Contents

  1. Preface by the Author
  2. Introduction by the Editor
  3. I. Childhood
  4. II. The New Master And Mistress
  5. III. The Slaves’ New Year’s Day
  6. IV. The Slave Who Dared To Feel Like A Man
  7. V. The Trials Of Girlhood
  8. VI. The Jealous Mistress
  9. VII. The Lover
  10. VIII. What Slaves Are Taught To Think Of The North
  11. IX. Sketches Of Neighboring Slaveholders
  12. X. A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl’s Life
  13. XI. The New Tie To Life
  14. XII. Fear Of Insurrection
  15. XIII. The Church And Slavery
  16. XIV. Another Link To Life
  17. XV. Continued Persecutions
  18. XVI. Scenes At The Plantation
  19. XVII. The Flight
  20. XVIII. Months Of Peril
  21. XIX. The Children Sold
  22. XX. New Perils
  23. XXI. The Loophole Of Retreat
  24. XXII. Christmas Festivities
  25. XXIII. Still In Prison
  26. XXIV. The Candidate For Congress
  27. XXV. Competition In Cunning
  28. XXVI. Important Era In My Brother’s Life
  29. XXVII. New Destination For The Children
  30. XXVIII. Aunt Nancy
  31. XXIX. Preparations For Escape
  32. XXX. Northward Bound
  33. XXXI. Incidents In Philadelphia
  34. XXXII. The Meeting Of Mother And Daughter
  35. XXXIII. A Home Found
  36. XXXIV. The Old Enemy Again
  37. XXXV. Prejudice Against Color
  38. XXXVI. The Hairbreadth Escape
  39. XXXVII. A Visit To England
  40. XXXVIII. Renewed Invitations To Go South
  41. XXXIX. The Confession
  42. XL. The Fugitive Slave Law
  43. XLI. Free At Last
  44. Appendix

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