2005-06-25T19:59:14-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/2eb/186972-m.jpgJean Fagan Yellin talked about her biography Harriet Jacobs: A Life, published by Basic Books ...

Picture Aretha Franklin, deep in a gospel-soul groove, wailing about "Dr. Feelgood." Then ponder, say, Debby Boone singing "You Light Up My Life." With her biography of Harriet Jacobs, Jean Fagan ...

Of all the women who endured slavery in this country, only one wrote a book-length account of her life. Her name was Harriet Jacobs, and her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, has ...

Saturday, May 25, 2025 -- John S. Jacobs was a North Carolina fugitive, an abolitionist and the brother of canonical author Harriet Jacobs. His own fierce autobiography has re-emerged. EDITOR'S NOTE: ...