Harriet Jacobs
writer · North Carolina, USA · 1813?–1897
Born a slave, she hid in an attic for seven years before escaping to the North. She wrote her own story and published it as a book in 1861.
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1861
Reader be assured this narrative is no fiction. I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, strictly true.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, preface
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