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The paper argues that published slave narratives such as "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs are of historical importance, for they provide the best evidence available regarding the personal experiences, feelings and reactions of black men and women to their enslavement, and present direct and compelling personal accounts of slavery which differ considerably from those available in general history books. The paper asserts that primary sources such as Harriet Jacob's slave narrative provide a much needed human perspective to the study of slavery, for they examine religious and gender aspects of slavery while revealing stark and disturbing truths about the inhumanity of this institution that many secondary sources and mainstream histories gloss over or ignore altogether.

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"Published slave narratives such as "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs are of historical importance, for they provide the best evidence available regarding the personal experiences, feelings and reactions of black men and women to their enslavement, and present direct and compelling personal accounts of slavery which differ considerably from those available in general history books. Primary sources such as Harriet..."

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