Oconee Democrats' February book
From: Pat Priest ppriest@charter.net Date: February 6, 2011 8:33:35 AM EST To: Oconee County Democrats oconee@yahoogroups.com Subject: [oconee] Oconee Democrats' February book Reply-To: oconee@yahoogroups.com Here's what we're reading this month: Harriet Jacobs' autobiography, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl." Please read more about the book below and pass the information along to anyone you know who might be interested. Join us sometime! Pat Priest Member, Oconee Democrats ------------------------------------------ February 23rd at 7 PM The community book group sponsored by the Oconee Democrats will discuss the poignant "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl " by Harriet Jacobs for its February book. Initially using only the pseudonym "Linda," Jacobs was the first black woman to publish her own story of her life as a slave. Frederick Douglass' more famous memoir was published in 1845; hers came out in 1861,...