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Harriet Jacobs: A Life by Jean Fagan Yellin explores the life of Harriet Jacobs, an enslaved woman who escaped to the North and became an abolitionist. Born into slavery in 1813, Jacobs faced repeated sexual harassment, escaped in 1835, and hid for years before fleeing to Philadelphia and New York. Later, she wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, a significant slave narrative aimed at illustrating the impact of slavery on women and advocating for abolition and women's rights. The book contains descriptions of sexual violence and exploitation.