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

Harriet Jacobs

Penguin Classic

2005

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-13: 9780140437959

A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina, and of her final escape and emancipation, Jacobs' classic narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and published in 1861, tells firsthand of the horrors inflicted on slaves. In writing this extraordinary memoir, which culminates in the seven years she spent hiding in a crawl space in her grandmother's attic, Jacobs skillfully used the literary genres of her times, presenting a thoroughly feminist narrative that portrays the evils and traumas of slavery, particularly for women and children. Now with an introduction by renowned historian Nell Irvin Painter, this edition also includes A True Tale of Slavery, the brief memoir of Harriet Jacobs' brother, John S. Jacobs, originally published in a London periodical in 1861.

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5 (Perfeito)

Esse livro é forte, poderoso e revolucionário. Uma autobiografia de uma ex-escravizada que lutou contra a escravidão até os últimos dias. O que aprendemos na escola sobre o tema (quando aprendemos) não é bastante, é preciso encarar os horrores da escravidão e conhecer a verdadeira história pra que ela não se repita.