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Curated OER

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Essay Questions

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this literature worksheet, students respond to 31 short answer and essay questions about Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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eBook
University of Michigan

Making of America: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the University of Michigan, you can read individual pages of Harriet Jacobs' book, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," and search the text for specific words and phrases.
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Primary
University of North Carolina

Unc: Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, read Harriet Jacobs' (1802-1880 CE) "Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl" and learn biographical information about Jacobs. Also provided at this website are several reports by Jacobs on the conditions of slaves and freedmen and...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Harriet Jacobs: "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," 1861

For Students 9th - 10th
Several chapters from a slave narrative by Harriet Jacobs examining her abuse, her integrity, and her eventual escape from brutality, all of which raise important questions about power, equality, and gender roles in the mid-nineteenth...
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Article
PBS

Africans in America: Harriet Jacobs

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Harriet Jacobs'(1813-1897 CE) childhood as a slave and her escape from slavery -- the experiences from which she created her slave narrative, "Indidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," which "Was one the first open discussions...
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Fugitive Slave Harriet Jacobs: Coming Up for Air

For Students 9th - 10th
Harriet Jacobs escaped from slavery and wrote a book about her life experience. Her autobiography was written in 1861 with the help of an abolitionist.
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eBook
Other

New York Public Library: Incidents in the Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Here read Harriet Jacobs' "Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl." The text is organized by chapter