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Yellin, Jean Fagan.

Harriet Jacobs : a life / Jean Fagan Yellin. - New York : Basic Civitas Books, c2004. - xxi, 394 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-376) and index.

ONE. HATTY. PRIVATE DREAMS OF FREEDOM AND A HOME : 1. So Fondly Shielded -- 2. My Puny Arm Felt Strong -- 3. A Determined Will -- 4. Cunning Against Cunning -- 5. Sometimes Like Freedom. TWO. LINDA. PUBLIC DREAMS OF FREEDOM AND A HOME : 6. A Great Millstone Lifted -- 7. My Mind Became Enlightened -- 8. Let Me Come Before the World -- 9. The Slave's Own Story. THREE. MRS. JACOBS. PUBLIC DEMANDS FOR FREEDOM AND HOMES : 10. Spared for this Work -- 11. Justice Will Come -- 12. Marching Without a Lance -- 13. No Cloudless Happiness -- 14. Remember the Poor -- 15. Unshaken by the Wind. Epilogue.

ISBN: 0465092888 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2003017256

Subjects--Personal Names:
Jacobs, Harriet A. 1813-1897.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Slaves--United States--Biography.
Women slaves--United States--Biography.
African American women authors--Biography.
African American women social reformers--Biography.

LC Class. No.: E444.J17 / Y45 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 306.3/62/092 B