Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

"A firsthand account of slavery, survival, motherhood, and the fight to be seen as fully human."

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiography by Harriet Jacobs, published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent. It is a powerful and harrowing account of the unique horrors of slavery for women, documenting Jacobs' struggles against sexual exploitation, her years of hiding in a tiny attic crawlspace, and her eventual escape to the North to secure freedom for herself and her children.