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… (mehr)
Verlag: Penguin Classic ( 1. Juli 2000)
Format: EPUB
Seitenzahl: 320 Seiten
Dateigröße: 365 KB
Schutz: DRM
Sprache: Englisch
Women who have left their mark on history, and the untold histories of women...
History gets up close and personal thanks to these intimate looks at historical events, and the perspectives of people who lived them.