Introduction : over-exposed, under-exposed : Harriet Jacobs and Incidents in the life of a slave girl / Rafia Zafar -- "I disguised my hand" : writing versions of the truth in Harriet Jacobs's ...

It was not Harriet Jacob's nature to give up without a fight. Born into slavery, Harriet Jacobs would thwart repeated sexual advancements made by her master for years, then run away to the North. She ...

When History professor Tiya A. Miles ’92 first read “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” as an undergraduate at Harvard, she found herself awed by Harriet A. Jacobs’ description of her experiences ...

Founded in 1959 by a group of professors from Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and UMass Amherst, MR is one of the nation's leading literary magazines, distinctive in joining highest-level artistic ...

What does it mean to claim a commitment to racial equity if the city allows the physical legacy of one of America’s most important freedom fighters to be sacrificed on the altar of profit? Orlando ...