| 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
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Totals (outright + matching):
$125,000 (approved)
$125,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
9/1/2002 – 8/31/2005
Funding details:
Original grant (2002) $80,000
Supplement (2003) $40,000
Supplement (2004) $5,000
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