146 pgs. b&w photos and illus. 1992. i Upper elementary, middle school. AR 5.1 MG.

LETTERS FROM A SLAVE GIRL is based on Harriet Jacobs' own 1861 autobiography, which reveals in poignant detail what thousands of African-American women endured in the United States little more than a century ago. As a young slave girl in NC, she sees escape to freedom in the North as her only means of avoiding the overtures of her white master. Through Harriet's riveting letters the reader shares her fears, struggles, and dreams. LETTERS FROM A SLAVE GIRL angers, enlightens, and forever touches the heart. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.

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