Public-domain audiobook
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself (audiobook)
Free audiobook of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet Jacobs: 7 h 46 min in 43 sections, read by LibriVox volunteers.
7 h 46 minrunning time
43sections
≈ 72,000words
About this recording
Harriet Jacobs' autobiography, written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, details her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her escape to freedom in the north, and her ensuing struggles to free her children. The narrative was partly serialized in the New York Tribune, but was discontinued because Jacobs' depictions of the sexual abuse of female slaves were considered too shocking. It was published in book form in 1861. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett).
Sources & data
- From the LibriVox catalogue. Word count estimated at 9,300 words per hour of narration.