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History You Should Know: Harriet Ann Jacobs
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English - April 27, 2021 04:00 - 16 minutes - 12.2 MBEducation Business Non-Profit Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode of History You Should Know, we learn about Harriet Ann Jacobs, an enslaved women who published the book, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, describing the years of sexual abuse she survived at the hands of the white man who enslaved her until she escaped. Her writings raised awareness within the abolitionist movement about the sexual exploitation of enslaved women.
Learn more:
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers
The Fearless Truthtelling of Harriet Ann Jacobs
Harriet Jacobs Biography
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