Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs is a narrative of an escaped slave. It follows Jacobs’ life as a slave, her break from slavery, and her life as a free woman.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is on par with other classics in the genre including Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Twelve Years a Slave, and Narrative of Sojourner Truth.
