Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written By Herself
- Written by
- Jacobs, Harriet Ann, American, 1813 - 1897
- Edited by
- Child, Lydia Maria, American, 1802 - 1880
- Published by
- Child, Lydia Maria, American, 1802 - 1880
- Date
- 1861
- Medium
- ink on paper; cardboard and leather
- Dimensions
- H x W (Closed): 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (19.7 × 14 cm)
- H x W (Open): 10 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (26 × 14 cm)
- Description
- A first edition of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Written by Herself by Harriet Jacobs. The cover of the book has a marbled design of beige, black, and white. The binding is black leather with gold lettering. The lettering reads: [Incidents / Slave Girl / Harriet Jacobs / 1861]. The interior of the book consists of 306 pages of text printed in black ink on off-white paper. The book includes a preface by the author, an introduction by the editor, forty-one chapters, and an appendix. The second blank interior page has an inscription that indicates the book belonged to a Mrs. G.W. Groson (illegible). The back cover has the same marbled design as the front cover.
- Place printed
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Movement
- Anti-slavery movements
- Type
- books
- Topic
- Activism
- Antislavery
- Children
- Families
- Fugitive enslaved
- Gender
- Identity
- Motherhood
- Self-liberation
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- Women
- Youth
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain