Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself

Writing under a pseudonym, Harriet Jacobs tells the true story of her enslavement in North Carolina, her years hidden in a tiny attic crawlspace, and her eventual escape to freedom. Unflinching about the sexual exploitation of enslaved women, it is one of the most important slave narratives ever written. A searing first-hand testimony of endurance and resistance.