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Lyons, Mary E.
LETTERS FROM A SLAVE GIRL : THE STORY OF HARRIET E. JACOBS
New York : Scribners Sons, 1992.
IL YA
ISBN 0684194465
Harriet Jacobs was born in 1813 as a slave. She never knew what it was like to be free. This book is based on the real Harriet Jacobs' autobiography. Find out what life was like as a slave in the years before the Civil War. Harriet lived in constant fear that her loved ones would be sold and she would loose them forever. Harriet's daughter eventually escapes and settles in Boston. Will Harriet ever be reunited with her children?
SUBJECTS:     Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897-- Fiction
                        Slavery -- Fiction
                        African Americans -- Fiction
                        Letters -- Fiction

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