Linda Brent
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Linda Brent is the pseudonymous narrator and enslaved woman whose life story is recounted in Harriet Jacobs’s 1861 autobiography "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary character
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pseudonym ⓘ |
| advocatesFor | abolition of slavery ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | American abolitionist movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthStatus | born into slavery ⓘ |
| bornIn | Edenton, North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeOfNarrative |
maternal love under slavery
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sexual exploitation of enslaved women ⓘ struggle for bodily autonomy ⓘ |
| createdBy | Harriet Jacobs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | enslaved woman ⓘ |
| durationOfConfinement | about seven years in the garret ⓘ |
| enslavedBy | Dr. James Norcom (as Dr. Flint in the narrative) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enslavedIn | North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| escapesTo | the Northern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| experiences |
family separation under slavery
ⓘ
sexual harassment by enslaver ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYearOfNarrative | 1861 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hidesIn | garret above her grandmother’s house ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | slave narrative ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of the earliest book-length slave narratives by a Black woman in the United States ⓘ |
| motherOf | two children with a white neighbor (Mr. Sands in the narrative) ⓘ |
| narratorOf | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | domestic servant ⓘ |
| portrays |
the brutality of chattel slavery
ⓘ
the role of family networks in resistance to slavery ⓘ the vulnerability of enslaved women to sexual coercion ⓘ |
| pseudonymUsedIn | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realIdentityOf | Harriet Jacobs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
pseudonymous autobiography
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women’s slave narrative ⓘ |
| relatedWork | American slave narratives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seeks | freedom from slavery ⓘ |
| setting |
Northern free states
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antebellum American South ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century American slavery ⓘ |
| usesAliasFor | protection of real persons’ identities ⓘ |
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