Linda Brent

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Linda Brent is the pseudonymous narrator and enslaved woman whose life story is recounted in Harriet Jacobs’s 1861 autobiography "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."

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Linda Brent canonical 4

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary character ⓘ
pseudonym ⓘ
advocatesFor abolition of slavery ⓘ
appearsIn Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ⓘ
associatedWith American abolitionist movement ⓘ
birthStatus born into slavery ⓘ
bornIn Edenton, North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Edenton
centralThemeOfNarrative maternal love under slavery ⓘ
sexual exploitation of enslaved women ⓘ
struggle for bodily autonomy ⓘ
createdBy Harriet Jacobs ⓘ
describedAs enslaved woman ⓘ
durationOfConfinement about seven years in the garret ⓘ
enslavedBy Dr. James Norcom (as Dr. Flint in the narrative) ⓘ
linked to: Dr. Flint
enslavedIn North Carolina ⓘ
escapesTo the Northern United States ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
experiences family separation under slavery ⓘ
sexual harassment by enslaver ⓘ
firstPublicationYearOfNarrative 1861 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hidesIn garret above her grandmother’s house ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryGenre slave narrative ⓘ
literarySignificance one of the earliest book-length slave narratives by a Black woman in the United States ⓘ
motherOf two children with a white neighbor (Mr. Sands in the narrative) ⓘ
narratorOf Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
occupation domestic servant ⓘ
portrays the brutality of chattel slavery ⓘ
the role of family networks in resistance to slavery ⓘ
the vulnerability of enslaved women to sexual coercion ⓘ
pseudonymUsedIn Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ⓘ
realIdentityOf Harriet Jacobs ⓘ
relatedConcept pseudonymous autobiography ⓘ
women’s slave narrative ⓘ
relatedWork American slave narratives ⓘ
seeks freedom from slavery ⓘ
setting Northern free states ⓘ
antebellum American South ⓘ
subjectOf Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century American slavery ⓘ
usesAliasFor protection of real persons’ identities ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mr. Sands → hasRelationshipWith → Linda Brent ⓘ
Mr. Sands → isLoveInterestOf → Linda Brent ⓘ
Dr. Flint → abuses → Linda Brent ⓘ
Dr. Flint → exercisesPowerOver → Linda Brent ⓘ