Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, penned by Linda Brent, is a powerful autobiographical account of her life as a slave in the South. This poignant narrative is a striking testimony to the harsh realities of the Antebellum South and the brutal treatment of black women. It provides an unflinching portrayal of the resilience and strength she exhibited in her struggle for freedom.

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Epigraph

Preface by the Author

Introduction by the Editor

I: Childhood

II: The New Master and Mistress

III: The Slaves’ New Year’s Day

IV: The Slave Who Dared to Feel Like a Man

V: The Trials of Girlhood

VI: The Jealous Mistress

VII: The Lover

VIII: What Slaves Are Taught to Think of the North

IX: Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders

X: A Perilous Passage in the Slave Girl’s Life

XI: The New Tie to Life

XII: Fear of Insurrection

XIII: The Church and Slavery

XIV: Another Link to Life

XV: Continued Persecutions

XVI: Scenes at the Plantation

XVII: The Flight

XVIII: Months of Peril

XIX: The Children Sold

XX: New Perils

XXI: The Loophole of Retreat

XXII: Christmas Festivities

XXIII: Still in Prison

XXIV: The Candidate for Congress

XXV: Competition in Cunning

XXVI: Important Era in My Brother’s Life

XXVII: New Destination for the Children

XXVIII: Aunt Nancy

XXIX: Preparations for Escape

XXX: Northward Bound

XXXI: Incidents in Philadelphia

XXXII: The Meeting of Mother and Daughter

XXXIII: A Home Found

XXXIV: The Old Enemy Again

XXXV: Prejudice Against Color

XXXVI: The Hairbreadth Escape

XXXVII: A Visit to England

XXXVIII: Renewed Invitations to Go South

XXXIX: The Confession

XL: The Fugitive Slave Law

XLI: Free at Last

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Appendix

Endnotes

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