Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Ann Jacobs

178 pages first pub 1861 (editions)

nonfiction classics gender history memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced

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"Slavery is terrible for men, but it is far more terrible for women," Harriet Jacobs states plainly in this riveting account of her life as a slave, and then sets out to recount, in chilling detail, the particular horrors for women caught in that ...

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emotional 74%
sad 69%
dark 63%
informative 54%
challenging 53%
reflective 38%
tense 34%
inspiring 31%
hopeful 12%
adventurous 6%

Pace

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slow 26%
fast 13%

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