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Harriet Jacobs explained that in writing her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, she had "striven faithfully to give a true and just account of [her] own life in slavery." Yellin, biographer of Jacobs and editor of the most recent edition of Incidents, here presents a powerful account of Jacobs's life after many years of research. Jacobs is portrayed as a remarkable woman who, until recently, was largely lost to American memory. Consulting correspondence, diaries, family pap...Log In or Sign Up to Read More