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The Harriet Jacobs Papers

To support work on an edition of the papers of Harriet Jacobs, 19th-century American slave, author, abolitionist, and reform activist.

A two-volume documentary edition, to be published by the university of North Carolina Press, of approximately 600 letters, manuscripts, legal papers, and rare published documents by and about Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897), the American author, abolitionist, and reform activist best known for the landmark slave narrative "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself."

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Project fields:
American Studies

Program:
Collaborative Research

Division:
Research Programs

Total amounts:
$125,000 (approved)
$125,000 (awarded)

Grant period:
9/1/2002 – 8/31/2005

Funding details:
Original grant (2002) $0
Supplement (2003) $30,000