# Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Linda Brent.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The epigraph contrasts a Southern woman's indictment of Northern ignorance about slavery's true degradation with a biblical call for complacent women to awaken and listen.
- [Preface by the Author](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/preface-by-the-author.md): Linda Brent addresses the reader directly, asserting the truth of her narrative and explaining her motivations for writing. She acknowledges her lack of literary skill but emphasizes her desire to awaken Northern women t
- [Introduction by the Editor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/introduction-by-the-editor.md): L. Maria Child introduces the autobiography of Linda Brent, attesting to her character and veracity. Child explains her editorial role, notes that Linda was taught to read by a kind mistress, and justifies publishing the
- [Seven Years Concealed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/incidents-in-the-life-of-a-slave-girl.md): Linda Brent describes her seven years of hiding in a tiny garret above her grandmother's house, enduring extreme physical and emotional suffering to escape Dr. Flint's persecution. She reflects on the toll of confinement
- [Childhood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/i-childhood.md): Linda Brent recounts her early childhood, born into slavery but shielded from its horrors until age six. She describes her father's skilled trade, her grandmother's resourcefulness and resilience, and the death of her mo

> 42 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se_1062kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The New Master and Mistress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/ii-the-new-master-and-mistress.md)
- [III: The Slaves’ New Year’s Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/iii-the-slaves-new-year-s-day.md)
- [The Slave Who Dared to Feel Like a Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/iv-the-slave-who-dared-to-feel-like-a-man.md)
- [V: The Trials of Girlhood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/v-the-trials-of-girlhood.md)
- [VI: The Jealous Mistress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/vi-the-jealous-mistress.md)
- [VII: The Lover](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/vii-the-lover.md)
- [What Slaves Are Taught to Think of the North](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/viii-what-slaves-are-taught-to-think-of-the-north.md)
- [Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/ix-sketches-of-neighboring-slaveholders.md)
- [X: A Perilous Passage in the Slave Girl's Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/x-a-perilous-passage-in-the-slave-girl-s-life.md)
- [XI: The New Tie to Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xi-the-new-tie-to-life.md)
- [Fear of Insurrection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xii-fear-of-insurrection.md)
- [The Church and Slavery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xiii-the-church-and-slavery.md)
- [Another Link to Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xiv-another-link-to-life.md)
- [XV: Continued Persecutions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xv-continued-persecutions.md)
- [Scenes at the Plantation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xvi-scenes-at-the-plantation.md)
- [XVII: The Flight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xvii-the-flight.md)
- [XVIII: Months of Peril](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xviii-months-of-peril.md)
- [XIX: The Children Sold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xix-the-children-sold.md)
- [XX: New Perils](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xx-new-perils.md)
- [XXI: The Loophole of Retreat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxi-the-loophole-of-retreat.md)
- [Christmas Festivities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxii-christmas-festivities.md)
- [Still in Prison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxiii-still-in-prison.md)
- [XXIV: The Candidate for Congress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxiv-the-candidate-for-congress.md)
- [Competition in Cunning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxv-competition-in-cunning.md)
- [Important Era in My Brother’s Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxvi-important-era-in-my-brother-s-life.md)
- [New Destination for the Children](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxvii-new-destination-for-the-children.md)
- [XXVIII: Aunt Nancy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxviii-aunt-nancy.md)
- [Preparations for Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxix-preparations-for-escape.md)
- [XXX: Northward Bound](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxx-northward-bound.md)
- [Incidents in Philadelphia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxxi-incidents-in-philadelphia.md)
- [The Meeting of Mother and Daughter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxxii-the-meeting-of-mother-and-daughter.md)
- [A Home Found](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxxiii-a-home-found.md)
- [The Old Enemy Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxxiv-the-old-enemy-again.md)
- [Prejudice Against Color](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxxv-prejudice-against-color.md)
- [The Hairbreadth Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxxvi-the-hairbreadth-escape.md)
- [A Visit to England](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxxvii-a-visit-to-england.md)
- [XXXVIII: Renewed Invitations to Go South](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxxviii-renewed-invitations-to-go-south.md)
- [The Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xxxix-the-confession.md)
- [XL: The Fugitive Slave Law](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xl-the-fugitive-slave-law.md)
- [Free at Last](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/xli-free-at-last.md)
- [Appendix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/appendix.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/incidents_in_the_life_of_a_slave_girl_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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