Book

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Written By Herself

Harriet Jacobs

1861

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

First Person

I Was Determined to Remember: Harriet Jacobs and the Corporeality of Slavery’s Legacies

How a folklorist encourages people to experience the past and present of a place.

by Koritha Mitchell via Los Angeles Review of Books on May 30, 2023
Exhibit

Incidents in the Life of Harriet Jacobs

A virtual tour of "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."

by Elizabeth Della Zazzera via Lapham’s Quarterly on April 15, 2019
News

Why A 19th Century American Slave Memoir Is Becoming A Bestseller In Japan's Bookstores

Why "Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl" by Harriet Ann Jacobs (1861), became a hit in Japan when it was published there in 2013.

by Jake Adelstein via Forbes on November 15, 2017

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Black and white photo of Lydia Maria Child reading a book

Living in Words

A new biography explores the work of the influential abolitionist Lydia Maria Child, who wrote about the social, political, and cultural issues of her time.

by Brenda Wineapple via New York Review of Books on October 13, 2022

Illustrations from Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup, 1853, depicting an African American man hugging his family.

A Dark Cloud over Enjoyment

Refusing myths of joy and pain in slave narratives.

by Erin Austin Dwyer via Lapham’s Quarterly on December 7, 2021

A circa 1830 illustration of a slave auction in America. Rischgitz/Hulton Archive—Getty Images.

'The Slaves Dread New Year's Day the Worst': The Grim History of January 1

New Year's Day used to be widely known as "Hiring Day" or "Heartbreak Day"

by Olivia B. Waxman via Time on December 27, 2019

Laura Bush and Michelle Obama.

Why Laura Bush Speaking Up on Separating Families Matters So Much

The language that has long been critical to covertly mobilizing activism.

by Jim Downs via Made by History on June 20, 2018

Julia Ann Jackson, age 102, whose narrative was recorded by the WPA, 1937-1938.

Demanding to Be Heard

African American women’s voices from slave narratives to #MeToo.

by Stephanie Richmond via Nursing Clio on June 12, 2018

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