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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs
12 reviews
jem_carstairs's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, and Grief
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
thomasina's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Deportation
clarkf87's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Grief, and Stalking
Minor: Sexual harassment
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
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
xjr's review against another edition
4.5
The pace of the book is brisk and easy, unlike its content and my actual reading pace.
This biographical fiction story contains many slave narrative tropes, but brings new light too. More introspection, a look into the sexual abuse of both men and women, a critical look into religion and the complications of being a mixed black woman with children. In all this darkness we still see hope for Linda doesn't only meet the worst of the worst but also some great people.
I see some claim that her editor L. Maria Child influences the story, but if Jacobs wasn't clever enough to write this I don't think she would have even been able to reach freedom like she did. I think the claim the text is only trimmed by her holds true.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Slavery
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
paisleypetty's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Gaslighting
lukebryan's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Violence
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