Approaches to Teaching Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Strategies for teaching a classic abolitionist text

One of the most commonly taught slave narratives, Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is rightly celebrated for its progressive and distinctive appeals to dismantle the dehumanizing system of American slavery. Depicting the abuse Jacobs experienced, her years in hiding, and her escape to the North, the work evokes sympathy for Jacobs as a woman and a mother...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603296557
• ISBN13: 9781603296557
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
• Length: 218 Pages