Incidents in the Life of a Slave GirlBy: Harriet Jacobs One of the major autobiographies of the African American tradition.Henry Louis Gates, Jr. It has been painful to me, in many ways, to recall the dreary years I passed in bondage. I would gladly forget them if I could. Yet the retrospection is not altogether without solace; for with these gloomy recollections come tender memories of my good old grandmother, like light fleecy clouds floating over a dark and troubled sea. One of the