The Harriet Jacobs family papers / Jean Fagan Yellin, editor ; Joseph M. Thomas, executive editor ; Kate Culkin, associate editor ; Scott Korb, associate editor.

Harriet Jacob's life exemplifies the history of her people throughout the nineteenth century. The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers, composed of writings by Jacobs, her brother John S. Jacobs, and her daughter Louisa Matilda Jacobs, writings to them, and private and public writings about them, prese...

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Main Author: Jacobs, Harriet A. 1813-1897.
Other Authors: Jacobs, John S., 1815-1875., Jacobs, Louisa Matilda, 1833-1917., Yellin, Jean Fagan.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2008]
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Summary:Harriet Jacob's life exemplifies the history of her people throughout the nineteenth century. The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers, composed of writings by Jacobs, her brother John S. Jacobs, and her daughter Louisa Matilda Jacobs, writings to them, and private and public writings about them, presents a unique angle of vision. Fueled by the conflict between the impluse of liberty inspiring American life and the institution of chattel slavery blighting that life, the papers collected here off new perspectives on nineteenth-century struggles against slavery, racism, and sexism. The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers is designed as a lasting contribution to the ongoing study of the ways in which these national struggles and the social conditions that gave rise to them have shaped our culture and continue to shape our lives.
Item Description:Accompanying CD-ROM (electronic resource) Harriet Jacobs family papers: volumes 1 & 2.
LC copy 2, vol. 1 imperfect: CD-ROM wanting.
Physical Description:2 volumes (lxxxi, 929 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780807831311
080783131X