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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself
by Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897)
Harriet Jacobs’ autobiography, written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, details her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her escape to freedom in the north, and her ensuing struggles to free her children. The narrative was partly serialized in the New York Tribune, but was discontinued because Jacobs’ depictions of the sexual abuse of female slaves were considered too shocking. It was published in book form in 1861. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett).
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Total running time: 7:46:49
Read by Elizabeth Klett
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- 00 – Introduction – 00:06:20
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[ogg vorbis - 4.1MB] - 01 – Childhood – 00:08:52
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[ogg vorbis - 5.7MB] - 02 – The New Master and Mistress – 00:13:19
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[ogg vorbis - 8.4MB] - 03 – The Slaves’ New Year’s Day – 00:04:48
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[ogg vorbis - 2.9MB] - 04 – The Slave Who Dared to Feel Like a Man – 00:24:10
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[ogg vorbis - 14.8MB] - 05 – The Trials of Girlhood – 00:08:29
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[ogg vorbis - 5.2MB] - 06 – The Jealous Mistress – 00:14:30
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[ogg vorbis - 8.9MB] - 07 – The Lover – 00:15:06
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[ogg vorbis - 9.3MB] - 08 – What Slaves Are Taught to Think of the North – 00:05:48
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[ogg vorbis - 3.6MB] - 09 – Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders – 00:17:52
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[ogg vorbis - 11.0MB] - 10 – A Perilous Passage in the Slave Girl’s Life – 00:13:08
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[ogg vorbis - 8.0MB] - 11 – A New Tie to Life – 00:11:29
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[ogg vorbis - 7.0MB] - 12 – Fear of Insurrection – 00:11:44
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[ogg vorbis - 7.2MB] - 13 – The Church and Slavery – 00:18:30
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[ogg vorbis - 11.5MB] - 14 – Another Link to Life – 00:08:00
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[ogg vorbis - 4.9MB] - 15 – Continued Persecutions – 00:14:08
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[ogg vorbis - 8.7MB] - 16 – Scenes at the Plantation – 00:21:40
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[ogg vorbis - 13.4MB] - 17 – The Flight – 00:07:12
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[ogg vorbis - 4.4MB] - 18 – Months of Peril – 00:16:22
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[ogg vorbis - 10.0MB] - 19 – The Children Sold – 00:11:27
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[ogg vorbis - 7.1MB] - 20 – New Perils – 00:09:24
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[ogg vorbis - 5.8MB] - 21 – The Loophole of Retreat – 00:09:46
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[ogg vorbis - 6.0MB] - 22 – Christmas Festivities – 00:05:16
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[ogg vorbis - 3.2MB] - 23 – Still in Prison – 00:09:24
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[ogg vorbis - 5.8MB] - 24 – The Candidate for Congress – 00:06:24
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[ogg vorbis - 3.9MB] - 25 – Competition in Cunning – 00:11:22
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[ogg vorbis - 7.0MB] - 26 – Important Era in my Brother’s Life – 00:09:42
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[ogg vorbis - 6.0MB] - 27 – New Destination for the Children – 00:15:38
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[ogg vorbis - 9.6MB] - 28 – Aunt Nancy – 00:11:42
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[ogg vorbis - 7.2MB] - 29 – Preparations for Escape – 00:19:12
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[ogg vorbis - 11.8MB] - 30 – Northward Bound – 00:07:12
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[ogg vorbis - 4.4MB] - 31 – Incidents in Philadelphia – 00:10:23
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[ogg vorbis - 6.5MB] - 32 – The Meeting of Mother and Daughter – 00:08:02
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[ogg vorbis - 5.0MB] - 33 – A Home Found – 00:06:28
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[ogg vorbis - 4.0MB] - 34 – The Old Enemy Again – 00:08:26
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[ogg vorbis - 5.2MB] - 35 – Prejudice Against Color – 00:05:41
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[ogg vorbis - 3.5MB] - 36 – The Hairsbreadth Escape – 00:11:01
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[ogg vorbis - 6.8MB] - 37 – A Visit to England – 00:06:19
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[ogg vorbis - 3.9MB] - 38 – Renewed Invitations to Go South – 00:04:46
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[ogg vorbis - 2.9MB] - 39 – The Confession – 00:04:31
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[ogg vorbis - 2.8MB] - 40 – The Fugitive Slave Law – 00:12:06
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[ogg vorbis - 7.5MB] - 41 – Free At Last – 00:16:00
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[ogg vorbis - 9.9MB] - 42 – Appendix – 00:05:10
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Cataloged on June 23, 2008
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