Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Jacobs with Lisa Reneé Pitts (Narrator)

9 hours, 1 minutes first pub 1861 (editions)

nonfiction classics memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced

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Published in 1861, Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiographical account of the author's experiences as a slave in nineteenth-century North Carolina, from her relatively happy childhood to the brutality she experien...

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Moods

emotional 75%
sad 67%
dark 62%
informative 56%
challenging 52%
reflective 42%
tense 36%
inspiring 28%
hopeful 15%
adventurous 6%

Pace

medium 61%
slow 23%
fast 15%

Average rating

4.08

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