Until recent years it was thought that Harriet Jacob's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was____________?
Correct answer: C. Fiction written by Lydia Maria Child.
- A. Based on a New England captivity narrative.
- B. An anonymous narrative.
- C. Fiction written by Lydia Maria Child.
- D. Written by Jacob's son.
Explanation
Because Jacobs published under a pseudonym and Child edited the manuscript and wrote its preface, scholars once attributed the work to Lydia Maria Child. Later research established Jacobs’s authorship.
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