Lucinda MacKethan, English professor at North Carolina State University, offers a comparison of two classic slave narratives: Frederick Douglass's 1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: an American Slave and Harriet Jacobs's 1861 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

Concepts

slave narratives, slavery, african american history, frederick douglass

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harriet jacobs, nhc: frederick douglass and harriet jacobs: american slave narrators

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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