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Preface
Harriet Jacobs, writing under the name “Linda Brent,” assures readers that her narrative is true, explains why she has disguised the names of people and places, and describes writing the book at night after years of exhausting labor and little formal schooling.
Author's assurance the narrative is trueDisguised names of people and placesWriting at night after a full day's laborJacobs's stated purpose: to reach women of the North