Harriet Jacobs

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Harriet Jacobs was a formerly enslaved African American woman whose 1861 autobiography "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" became a landmark work in abolitionist literature and early Black feminist writing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American writer
abolitionist
formerly enslaved person
human
memoirist
causeOfFame publication of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl in 1861
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1813-02-11
dateOfDeath 1897-03-07
describedBySource Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
educatedAt self-educated
ethnicGroup African American
familyName Jacobs
genre abolitionist literature
autobiography
feminist literature
slave narrative
givenName Harriet
hasInfluenceOn African American literature
feminist literature
slave narrative tradition
hasOccupation lecturer
hasRole relief worker for freedpeople during the American Civil War
languageOfWorkOrName English
motherOf Louisa Matilda Jacobs
movement abolitionism
early Black feminism
women's rights movement
notableFor depicting sexual exploitation of enslaved women in the United States
writing one of the first book-length narratives by an enslaved African American woman
notableWork Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
occupation abolitionist
writer
partOf American abolitionist movement
placeOfBirth Edenton, North Carolina
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
pseudonym Linda Brent
residence Boston
Cambridge, Massachusetts
New York City
sexOrGender female
socialRole activist for formerly enslaved people
advocate for Black women
subjectOf Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
workPeriod 19th century


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