{"product_id":"incidents-in-the-life-of-a-slave-girl-by-harriet-a-jacobs-a-true-tale-of-slavery-by-john-s-jacobs-isbn-9781881089650","title":"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet A. Jacobs; A True Tale of Slavery, by John S. Jacobs","description":"These two slave narratives expand our knowledge of the differing ways males and females coped with enslavement and later ordeals in flight. This popularly-priced anthology contains the often taught Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs and the recently discovered A True Tale of Slavery by John S. Jacobs, her younger brother, now reprinted for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter Harriet’s owner, a physician, repeatedly abused her, she escaped his sexual advances for a time by entering into a relationship with a local attorney. Her owner continued to harass her, and she sought refuge in a crawlspace where she lived in hiding. After her escape to the North, she published her narrative.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn S. Jacobs “walked away” as he put it, from his owner, a congressman. He sailed on a whaling ship and educated himself. He then became a paid agent of the Anti-Slavery Society, made a lecturing trip with Frederick Douglass, and finally settled in London, where he remained until it was safe for a fugitive to return to the North. He wrote his story for a London Sunday school journal where it was published in 1861.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Harriet A. Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. John S. Jacobs: A True Tale of Slavery\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChildhood 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Master And Mistress 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Slave's New Year's Day 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Slave Who Dared To Feel Like A Man 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Trials Of Girlhood 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Jealous Mistress 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Lover 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Slaves Are Taught To Think Of The North 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSketches Of Neighboring Slaveholders 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl's Life 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Tie To Life 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFear Of Insurrection 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Church And Slavery 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnother Link To Life 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContinued Persecutions 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScenes At The Plantation 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Flight 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMonths Of Peril 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Children Sold 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Perils 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Loophole Of Retreat 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristmas Festivities 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStill In Prison 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Candidate For Congress 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompetition In Cunning 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImportant Era In My Brother's Life 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Destination For The Children 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAunt Nancy 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreparations For Escape 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNorthward Bound 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncidents In Philadelphia 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Meeting Of Mother and Daughter 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Home Found 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Old Enemy Again 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrejudice Against Color 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Hairbreadth Escape 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Visit To England 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRenewed Invitations To Go South 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Confession 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fugitive Slave Law 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFree At Last 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eGeorge Hendrick\u003c\/b\u003e is professor Emeritus of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  These two slave narratives expand our knowledge of the differing ways males and females coped with enslavement and later ordeals in flight. This popularly-priced anthology contains the often taught Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs and the recently discovered A True Tale of Slavery by John S. Jacobs, her younger brother, now reprinted for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter Harriet’s owner, a physician, repeatedly abused her, she escaped his sexual advances for a time by entering into a relationship with a local attorney. Her owner continued to harass her, and she sought refuge in a crawlspace where she lived in hiding. After her escape to the North, she published her narrative.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn S. Jacobs “walked away” as he put it, from his owner, a congressman. He sailed on a whaling ship and educated himself. 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