Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself

This 1861 autobiography recounts the life of a woman born into slavery who lived twenty-seven years in a slave state before reaching the North. Written under a pseudonym and edited by L. Maria Child, it aims to reveal slavery's true nature, especially for enslaved women, to Northern readers.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Biographies›Everyday lives›Slavery and the road to freedom

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