Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Dover Thrift Editions) By Harriet Jacobs ISBN: 9780486419312 Published: 2001 Number of Pages: 176 Edition: Updated Binding: Paperback

Pricing & Availability: Additional Details: Product Type: Book Publisher: Dover Publications Description: This autobiographical account by a former slave is one of the few extant narratives written by a woman. Written and published in 1861, it delivers a powerful, unflinching portrayal of the brutality of slave life. Jacobs speaks frankly of her master's abuse and her eventual escape, in an amazing and inspirational account of one woman's dauntless spirit and faith.

Library of Congress Control Number
   - LC control Number:  2001032350

National Bibliography Number
   - Source: bnb: GBA249925

International Standard Book Number: 0486419312: 0486419312 (pbk.)

Geographic Area Code: n-us---

Library of Congress Call Number
   - Classification number: E444 .J17
   - Classification number: E444.J17
   - Item number: A3 2001d

Dewey Decimal Classification Number
   - Edition number: 21
   - Classification number: 305.5/67/092
   - Classification number: 305.567092
   - Classification number: B

Main Entry - Personal Name
   - Personal name: Jacobs, Harriet A.
   - Dates associated with a name: 1813-1897.
   - Fuller form of name: (Harriet Ann),

Title Statement
   - Title: Incidents in the life of a slave girl /
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: Harriet Jacobs.

Varying Form of Title
   - Title proper/short title: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
   - Place of publication, distribution, etc.: Mineola, N.Y. :
   - Place of publication, distribution, etc.: Newton Abbot :
   - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.: David & Charles,
   - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.: Dover Publications ;
   - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.: Dover Publications,
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: 2001.

Physical Description
   - Extent: vii, 167 p. ;
   - Dimensions: 21 cm.

Series Statement/Added Entry - Title: Dover thrift editions

Series Statement: Dover thrift editions

General Note: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace: Originally published: Boston, 1861.: Reprinted with a new introductory note. - Originally published: Boston, Mass. : H. Jacobs, 1861.

Subject Added Entry - Personal Name
   - Personal name: Jacobs, Harriet A.
   - Dates associated with a name: 1813-1897.
   - Fuller form of name: (Harriet Ann),

Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Slaves
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Women slaves
   - Form subdivision: Biography.
   - General subdivision: Social conditions.
   - Geographic subdivision: United States

Series Added Entry - Uniform Title
   - Uniform title: Dover thrift editions.