{"product_id":"incidents-in-the-life-of-a-slave-girl-by-harriet-a-jacobs-a-true-tale-of-slavery-by-john-s-jacobs","title":"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet A. Jacobs; A True Tale of Slavery, by John S. Jacobs","description":"These two slave narratives expand our knowledge of the differing ways males and females coped with enslavement and later ordeals in flight. This popularly-priced anthology contains the often taught Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs and the recently discovered A True Tale of Slavery by John S. Jacobs, her younger brother, now reprinted for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter Harriet’s owner, a physician, repeatedly abused her, she escaped his sexual advances for a time by entering into a relationship with a local attorney. Her owner continued to harass her, and she sought refuge in a crawlspace where she lived in hiding. After her escape to the North, she published her narrative.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn S. Jacobs “walked away” as he put it, from his owner, a congressman. He sailed on a whaling ship and educated himself. He then became a paid agent of the Anti-Slavery Society, made a lecturing trip with Frederick Douglass, and finally settled in London, where he remained until it was safe for a fugitive to return to the North. He wrote his story for a London Sunday school journal where it was published in 1861.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46560225951954,"sku":"9781881089650","price":47.03,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_eefc284b-640c-4cb6-888b-5619e9aa97be.jpg?v=1762881775","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/incidents-in-the-life-of-a-slave-girl-by-harriet-a-jacobs-a-true-tale-of-slavery-by-john-s-jacobs","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}