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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