Louise Meriwether

About The Author

Louise Meriwether is author of six books, including the novels Daddy Was a Number Runner, Fragments of the Ark, and Shadow Dancing.

Books by Louise Meriwether

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

The Givens Collection

Introduction by Louise Meriwether
Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is one of the most compelling accounts of slavery and one of the most unique of the one hundred or so slave narratives -- mostly written by men -- published before the Civil War.The child and grandchild of slaves -- and therefore forbidden by...
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