Letters From a Slave Girl : The Story of Harriet Jacobs

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Summary: Old and easy book ...
Review: Letters from a slave girl by Mary E. Lyons describes the life of Harriet Jacobs a slave girl in Edenton North Carolina. The book is written in the form of letters to people who have either died or are no longer with her. The first letters are to her mother Delilah Horniblow who died 7 years earlier. Harriet endures many hardships throughout the book especially death. Then her mistress dies and she is sent to work for Dr. James Norcom. After a few years Dr. Norcom developed a ... fancy for Harriett. Harriett ends up having a ... relationship with Samuel Sawyer to see if Dr. Norcom will stop his obsession with Harriett. By whom she has two children Joseph named after her uncle and Louisa. Harriett runs away in 1835 for 7 years. I will only recommend this book if you are interested in slavery and in joy books that can be somewhat boring but easy to read....

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Summary: Book 2551 ...
Review: Letters from a Slave Girl, The Story of Harriet Jacobs
By Mary E. Lyons

Letters from a Slave Girl is a story about a young woman, named Harriet, who is a slave but still learns to read and write.
The book starts out with Harriet at the age of twelve, and living with her grandmother who is called Gran. When her owner dies she is given to her misses niece named Mary Matilda. Mary's father, Dr. Flint Norcom, is a man who over the years harassed and mortified Harriet. At the age of thirteen she got Dr. Norcom back by having a child with a man by the name of Samuel Sawyer. The child's name was Joseph. As Dr. Norcom continued to threaten Harriet she had another child named Louisa. The years continued and Harriet had a plan. It was to trick Norcom into selling Harriet's children to their father, Samuel. For that plan to work Harriet has to fake a runaway to the free states which means that she cant see anyone except for the people who are helping her. That is Gran, Aunt Betty, Uncle Mark, and close friends of the family. She decides to go through with the plan. When she fakes the runaway many friends hide her. They all move her back and forth between hid-a-ways. When she found the best place it was in the house that she grew up in, Grans. She was hidden for seven years in a "Hole in the wall" watching her children grow with out their mother all she did was write to people who would never read her thoughts about certain things. She also made he children clothes too, for Christmas, but as Samuel got officially married he promised to free their children. To find out if Samuel kept his promise, Harriet was able to get free, and what happened to the children you must read Letters from a Slave Girl, The Story of Harriet Jacobs by Mary e. Lyons

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Summary: A great book rewvied by Ben Dover aka BCG
Review: Letters from a Slave Girl
The story of Harriet Jacobs


Many people today have no idea about what it feels like to be a slave or to live in hiding or to fight for freedoms we barely recognize today. However, reading this historical fiction by Mary E. Lyons will give you a small amount of insight into the pain, courage, and triumphs of an ordinary slave but extraordinary person.

Harriet Ann Jacobs was by some measure a normal slave in the small town of Edenton, North Carolina in 1825. Harriet was special though, because her first master taught her how to read and write. Therefore, the story is written from Harriet's point of view in the form of letters she wrote to her family and friends but kept to herself. I think this is neat because the book contains the black dialect and even spelling mistakes made by Harriet.

Harriet sadly lost her mother and father at a young age. Many of her first letters were written to them. Sadly, Harriet was sold to a mean master, Dr. Norcom, who would later sexually harass her. To cope with this pain, Harriet had sexual relations with another white man, Samuel Sawyer, and had two children, Joseph and Louisa. Harriet felt so threatened by Dr. Norcom she went into hiding under the roof of her Grandmother's house for seven long years. This was very difficult for Harriet, not being able to see her family and staying in a space so small she couldn't stand up. Harriet eventually made it to the free North escaping on a ship to Philadelphia. Harriet was joyfully reunited with her brother and children for a winter in Boston. Her dream of living free with her family finally came true. The rest of her years, Harriet was an activist for anti-slavery. She wrote the story of her life; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl explaining the usually overlooked aspect of sexually abused slaves.

I enjoyed this book because it offered a different point of view into the world of slavery. This book made me feel as if I was really living the events that Harriet experienced. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for an unusual point of view on the hardships of slavery.

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Summary: Letters from the slave girl
Review: My teacher made me read this book I didn't think it will be a good book but when I start getting to the middle it starting being a good book so I think you will like it because it give you a good idea how the book going to end.

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Summary: This book was o.k
Review: The Main Charactor is Harriet Ann who is a slave.

Letter`s From a slave girl is about 12 year old Harriet Ann who is a slave.She slaves for mistress who refuses to sell her.Harriet keeps a diary of notes to her mom,dad and R, but I dont know who R is because she refuses to write his name in her book just incase Mistress shall find it.Harriet wants to get married but mistress wont let her because he`s white and she`s black.there are a lot of preguidice people in this book and this is a long time ago before Martin Luther King Jr.In this book she talks about her mom and dad dieng and it made me cry because if my mom or dad shall ever die i would be...[sad].But Harriet will think positive sometimes but when shes talking to her grandma she tells her every thing.Harriet has a younger brother who teases her and this black boy next door.I know how she fells when she gets teased and she does not like it.

I would reccomend this book to anyone because if you ike sad books this is the right one.And if you dont like sad books than you might not like this book.when i read this book i thought my life was hard but hers was even harder because she is a slave.And also she lost her parents.So go to your library and look for `Letters From a Slave Girl` you`ll like it a lot!

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Summary: GREAT!
Review: wonderful wonderful book, i love how it was alll letters. It made it very fabulous. Ya i loved it more than words can say.