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Gr 4-8 Joseph, son of Harriet Jacobs from "Letters from a Slave Girl" (S & S, 1992), writes to various relatives and acquaintances, sharing thoughts and events of his life as a slave from 1839 to 1860. The "letters" are written primarily as a journal. They begin when Joseph is nine years old, and a plantation owner's son is "teeching" him how to "rite." Although his life in his free great-grandmother's house is better than that of most slaves, he is always aware of his status. Escaping North Carolina, Joseph makes his way first to Boston and then ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In 1835, slave Harriet Jacobs, desperate to flee her owner and remain close to her children, hides in her mother's attic. Seven years later, she escapes to the North and becomes an important symbol for the abolitionist movement (see Letters from a Slave Girl, rev. 11/92). In this parallel (fictionalized) story, her son Joseph keeps a diary that contains unmailed letters to various family members: his mother, grandmother...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In this fictionalized biography, the son of Harriet Jacobs (<i>Letters from a Slave Girl</i>) keeps a diary of unmailed letters to f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More