Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl remains among the few extant slave narratives written by a woman. This autobiographical account chronicles the remarkable odyssey of Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897) whose dauntless spirit and faith carried her from a life of servitude and degradation in North Carolina to liberty and reunion with her children in the North.
Written and published in 1861 after Jacobs' harrowing escape from a vile and predatory master, the memoir delivers a powerful and unflinching portrayal of the abuses and hypocrisy of the master-slave relationship. Jacobs writes frankly of the horrors she suffered as a slave, her eventual escape after several unsuccessful attempts, and her seven years in self-imposed exile, hiding in a coffin-like "garret" attached to her grandmother's porch.
A rare firsthand account of a courageous woman's determination and endurance, this inspirational story also represents a valuable historical record of the continuing battle for freedom and the preservation of family.

Povestea adevarata a luptei unui individ pentru autoidentitate, conservare si libertate, Incidente in viata unei fete sclave ramane printre putinele naratiuni existente despre sclavi scrise de o femeie. Aceasta relatare autobiografica relateaza remarcabila odisee a lui Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897) al carei spirit si credinta descurajatoare au dus-o de la o viata de servitute si degradare in Carolina de Nord la libertate si reuniune cu copiii ei din Nord. Scris si publicat in 1861 dupa Jacobs „evadare ingrozitoare de la un stapan ticalos si rapitor, memoriul ofera o portretizare puternica si neclintita a abuzurilor si a ipocriziei relatiei stapan-sclav.