Harriet Jacobs: References & Edit History
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Jean Fagan Yellin, Harriet Jacobs: A Life (2004); Deborah M. Garfield and Rafia Zafar (eds.), Harriet Jacobs and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: New Critical Essays (1996).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 03, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Revised for style and added cross-references. | Dec 05, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 23, 2024 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 03, 2023 | ||
| Details added about the textual history of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; “owner” changed to “enslaver.” | Nov 17, 2022 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 16, 2022 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Harriet Jacobs. | Jun 24, 2019 | ||
| Changed article title from Harriet A. Jacobs to Harriet Jacobs. | Nov 03, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: North Carolina History Project - Biography of Harriet Jacobs. | Oct 26, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame - Biography of Harriet Jacobs. | Oct 26, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of Harriet Jacobs. | Oct 26, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Minnesota - Voices from the Gaps - Biography of Harriet Jacobs. | Oct 22, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: NCpedia - Biography of Harriet Jacobs. | Oct 22, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Harriet Jacobs. | Oct 22, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Harriet Jacobs. | Oct 22, 2014 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Groningen - Revolution to Reconstruction - Biography of Harriet Jacobs. | May 14, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 06, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 24, 1999 | ||
| New article added. | Apr 26, 1999 |
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