Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl, Written by Herself

Jacobs, Harriet A. Edited by Lydia Maria Child.  Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself. 1861. Project Gutenberg, gutenberg.org/cache/epub/11030/pg11030-images.html. Accessed 16 July 2025. Autobiography of Harriet A. Jacobs, who was born in to a mulatto slave family in the United States during the 1800s. Her freedom is bought by a friend at the end of the narrative. Although the manuscript dates to 1861, this ebook was released in 2004 and last updated on October 28 2024. The transcriber has chosen to retain Jacobs' spelling irregularities. Special thanks to Project Gutenberg for making this version of the text available for unrestricted public access.