Harriet Ann Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by herself is an autobiography by Harriet Ann Jacobs, a young mother and fugitive slave, published in 1861 by L. Maria Child, who edited the book for its author. Jacobs used the pseudonym Linda Brent. The book documents Jacobs\'s life as a slave and how she gained freedom for herself and for her children. Jacobs contributed to the genre of slave narrative by using the techniques of sentimental novels «„to address race and gender issues.“» She explores the struggles and sexual abuse that female slaves faced on plantations as well as their efforts to practice motherhood and protect their children when their children might be sold away. In the book, Jacobs addresses white Northern women...

Дата выхода: июль 2020

"African American history is the part of American history that looks at the history of African Americans or Black Americans. Of the 10.7 million Africans who were brought to the Americas until the 1860s, 450 thousand were shipped to what is now the United States. Most African Americans are descended from Africans who were brought directly from Africa to America and became slaves. The future slaves were originally captured in African wars or raids and transported in the Atlantic slave trade. Our collection includes the following of works: Narrative Of The Life by Frederic Douglas. The impassioned abolitionist and eloquent orator provides graphic descriptions of his childhood and horrifying experiences as a slave as well as a harrowing...

Дата выхода: май 2020

Воспроизведено в оригинальной авторской орфографии издания 1861 года (издательство "Published for the author").

Издательство: Книга по требованию

Воспроизведено в оригинальной авторской орфографии.

Издательство: Книга по требованию

Воспроизведено в оригинальной авторской орфографии издания 1861 года (издательство "Pub. for the Author").