Издания и произведения

"Я родилась рабыней" — реальная история и одно из немногих сохранившихся произведений о рабстве, написанных женщиной. Впервые опубликована в 1861 году под псевдонимом Линды Брент. Это автобиография Харриет Джейкобс — рабыни, не смирившейся со своей участью и бежавшей из рабства, сага о жизни чернокожих рабов и сентиментальный женский роман под одной обложкой. История о целеустремленности и храбрости Линды стала классикой американской литературы и продолжает просвящать и вдохновлять и по сей день.

'The degradations, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe.' Harriet Jacobs was born a slave in the American South and went on to write one of the most extraordinary slave narratives. First published pseudonymously in 1861, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl describes Jacobs's treatment at the hands of her owners, her eventual escape to the North, and her perilous existence evading recapture as a fugitive slave. To save herself from sexual assault and protect her children she is forced to hide for seven years in a tiny attic space, suffering terrible psychological and physical pain. Written to…

This enlarged edition of the most significant and celebrated slave narrative completes the Jacobs family saga, surely one of the most memorable in all of American history. John S. Jacobs’s short slave narrative, A True Tale of Slavery, published in London in 1861, adds a brother’s perspective to Harriet A. Jacobs’s autobiography. It is an exciting addition to this now classic work, as John Jacobs presents further historical information about family life so well described already by his sister. Once more, Jean Fagan Yellin, who discovered this long-lost document, supplies annotation and authentication. This is the standard edition of…

A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina and of her final escape and emancipation, Harriet Jacobs’s classic narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and published pseduonymously in 1861, tells firsthand of the horrors inflicted on slaves. In writing this extraordinary memoir, which culminates in the seven years she spent hiding in a crawl space in her grandmother’s attic, Jacobs skillfully used the literary genres of her time, presenting a thoroughly feminist narrative that portrays the evils and traumas of slavery, particularly for women and children.

This enlarged edition of the most significant and celebrated slave narrative now completes the Jacobs family saga, surely one of the most memorable in all of American history. John Jacobs's short slave narrative, A True Tale of Slavery, published in London in 1861, adds a brother's perspective to Harriet Jacobs's own autobiography. It is an exciting addition to this now classic work, as John Jacobs presents additional historical information about family life so well described already by his sister. Importantly, it presents the people, places, and events Harriet Jacobs wrote about from the different perspective of a male narrator. Once more,…

"Я родилась рабыней" — реальная история и одно из немногих сохранившихся произведений о рабстве, написанных женщиной. Впервые опубликована в 1861 году под псевдонимом Линды Брент. Это автобиография Харриет Джейкобс — рабыни, не смирившейся со своей участью и бежавшей из рабства, сага о жизни чернокожих рабов и сентиментальный женский роман под одной обложкой. История о целеустремленности и храбрости Линды стала классикой американской литературы и продолжает просвещать и вдохновлять и по сей день.

Северная Каролина. Начало XIX века. Линда родилась рабыней, но до шести лет не подозревала об этом. У нее было радостное детство и любящая семья. Но в будущем вместо счастливого замужества и материнства ей была уготована роль безмолвной вещи, вечной прислуги. Когда родители умирают, она оказывается на аукционном помосте, где ее продают новому господину. Каждый день девушке приходится терпеть домогательства хозяина, ревность его жены, тяжелую работу под палящим солнцем на плантации. За побег ждет тюрьма или даже смерть. Пока в один из дней она не решит положить конец несправедливости и начать бороться за свою свободу.

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…

Harriet Ann Jacob’s autobiography documents her life as a slave and how she attained freedom for herself and her children. Harrowing in its descriptions of sexual abuse, Jacob’s slave narrative is notable for the appeal it made to abolitionist women to open their eyes to the realities of slavery. Deemed too shocking for reading audiences at the time, the book was shelved before it was published in 1861 near the start of the Civil War.

This eBook edition of "Harriet Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" is an autobiography by a young mother and fugitive slave Harriet Ann Jacobs. 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. Harriet Ann Jacobs…