Author : Peggi Medeiros
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467141704
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Book Synopsis Harriet Jacobs in New Bedford by : Peggi Medeiros
Download or read book Harriet Jacobs in New Bedford written by Peggi Medeiros and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1861, Harriet Ann Jacobs published a masterpiece, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Her book is the first and only narrative to give voice to a woman who escaped slavery. Cornelia Grinnell Willis not only purchased Harriet's freedom, but she also developed a bond with Harriet and her daughter, Louisa, that lasted a lifetime. Both women suffered trauma as children and miraculously survived. They also had close ties to New Bedford that have not been examined previously. Cornelia married Nathaniel Parker Willis, considered an American Dickens during his lifetime though largely forgotten today. Join author and local historian Peggi Medeiros as she traces the fascinating lives of the Jacobs, Grinnell and Willis families in and out of New Bedford.