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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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Harriet Jacobs
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Characters
Meet the Cast
Linda Brent
Let's just get this out of the way upfront: Linda is unreal. She's smart, determined, courageous, self-assured, and, judging from all the friends she seems to acquire, probably a pretty nice person...
Dr. Flint
If Disney needs a model for their next animated villain, Dr. Flint would be a good contender. He's cruel, capricious, malevolent, and just plain creepy. We don’t hear him speak very much—most o...
Aunt Martha
It's no wonder Linda is cool, with Aunt Martha for a grandmother. She's so beloved in her community—by blacks and whites—that, when Dr. Flint puts her up for sale after her mistress dies, no on...
Mrs. Flint
In case we hadn't already figured out that slavery pollutes everything it touches, here comes Mrs. Flint to prove it. Sure, Linda tells us that "Mrs. Flint, like many southern women, was totally de...
Minor Characters
Uncle Phillip is one of Aunt Martha's sons. She bought his freedom, and he lived in Edenton as a freeman. William is Linda's brother. He escaped to the North after traveling with Mr. Sands, and en...