Harriet Jacobs

Harriet Jacobs

Introduction

Harriet Ann Jacobs was born on February 11, 1813, an American novelist, fugitive slave, abolitionist speaker and reformer. Jacobs' particular effort, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, published in 1861 in the assumed name Linda Brent, was one of the primary autobiographical narratives about the great effort for self-determination and liberty by womanly slaves and an explanation and description of the sexual exploitation they suffered.

Discussion

It was not in Harriet character to surrender devoid of a battle. She was brought up into slavery; she would spoil frequent sexual measures prepared by her master for a lengthy ...