A Harriet Jacobs' New Year's Day

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by Lydia Maria Child in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Harriet began writing Incidents in 1853. When attempts to have the book published failed, she had it self-published in 1861. For a short time Harriet and her brother worked in Rochester, N.Y. in the Anti-Slavery Office and Reading Room, where they became acquainted with FREDERICK DOUGLASS, Amy Post and other abolitionists. For nearly a century, the authorship of the book was questioned, but a new edition published in 1987 by Harvard University Press established Harriet Jacobs as the author. Since then, the book has become part of university curricula and has been translated into several languages.

This audio presentation shares Chapter III, The Slaves' New Year's Day from Harriet A. Jacobs’ "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl". To learn more about Harriet A. Jacobs visit: http://harrietjacobs.org​. To learn more about the Frederick Douglass Foundation of California visit: http://fdfca.org​.