This Norton Critical Edition includes: The first edition (1861), with editors' explanatory notes, introduction, and glossary of the characters of "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl." Three illustrations. Important public statements from Harriet Jacobs, William C. Nell, Reverend Francis J. Grimké, and others. A rich selection of correspondence from Harriet Jacobs, Lydia Maria Child, and John Greenleaf Whittier, suggesting the initial reception of "Incidents." Ten significant critical studies, six of which are new to the Second Edition. A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.

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