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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: A Slavery Narrative: 3 by Harriet Ann Jacobs
9 reviews
readingwithcoffee's review against another edition
5.0
Jacobs is such a talented writer and her analysis of race, class and gender ages extremely well for being over a century old. Even on the hellish conditions she lives in and others enslaved she is very aware of the advantages and unique dangers her family light skin and mixed heritage puts them in as slaves and especially her boy who without knowledge of his family or ancestry passes as white. She also keeps everyone very human because the hell of chattel slavery is man made whether it’s a woman who owns slaves helping her escape or even a slave trader helping her family keep the kids her master is trying to send away to punish her while telling her brother he owes him helping him convince black women to be sold by him on his next trip after talking about his field of work hurt his heart. People with such odd mixes and harmful politics are still really real and you can feel Jacobs bafflement and odd gratitude to those people that are also very human for her especially when she later likens pro slavery southerners to snakes and talks about just how freeing that is. It is also very obvious the book is intended for a northern audience to convince them to repeal the fugitive slave act that I think makes this classic so idea for the classroom and I wish books like these by black Americans who lived through these things were what were commonplace vs the Uncle Tom cabin or Tony sawyer. Also really happy this was apparently a bestseller in Japan when it was translated to Japanese in 2017.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation
Moderate: Miscarriage and Misogyny
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Terminal illness, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
annieogg's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Death of parent
val_lenci's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
Moderate: Abandonment
emilo's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery
Moderate: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation
emdear's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Kidnapping
antonique_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
lexarobinson's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail