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Harriet Jacobs (1) (1813–1897)

Author of The Classic Slave Narratives

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Harriet Jacobs (1) has been aliased into Harriet A. Jacobs.

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The Classic Slave Narratives (1789) 1,130 copies, 8 reviews

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Before the end of the civil war, over one hundred former slaves had written moving stories of their captivity and by 1944, when George washington Carver published his autobiography, over six thousand ex-slaves ahd written what caalled slave narratives. No group of slaves anywhere, in any other ear, has left such prolific testimony to the horror of bondage and servitude.
 
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soualibra | 7 other reviews | Jan 9, 2020 |
Frederick Douglass's account is searing. The plantation owners create a system of unremitting torture and terror. Slaves are whipped for no reason, forced to work every moment of the day, and are always hungry for lack of food. Douglass rebels, and, impossibly, survives.
 
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frebau | 7 other reviews | Nov 21, 2019 |
Will shatter some preconceptions and prejudices
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