Harriet Jacobs
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Course Hero. "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Study Guide." Course Hero. 28 Nov. 2016. Web. 4 Oct. 2023. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Incidents-in-the-Life-of-a-Slave-Girl/>.
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Course Hero. (2016, November 28). Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Study Guide. In Course Hero. Retrieved October 4, 2023, from https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Incidents-in-the-Life-of-a-Slave-Girl/
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Course Hero. "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Study Guide." November 28, 2016. Accessed October 4, 2023. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Incidents-in-the-Life-of-a-Slave-Girl/.
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Harriet Jacobs
1861
Nonfiction
Autobiography
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is told from a first-person point of view. This narrative point of view allows Jacobs to share intimate reflections and personal experiences.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is told in the past tense.
The inclusion of the word incidents in the title of Jacobs's autobiography describes its episodic nature, telling the reader the text will focus on key moments that illuminate the female slave's life. The subtitle, "Written by Herself," stresses Jacobs, not a ghostwriter, penned the narrative, which addresses common criticisms that slave narratives were not penned by slaves and reinforces the veracity of this report.
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