Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

CPA – Eleventh Grade

Garret Project

Earlier this semester, as part of an integrated project with their English, math, history and art classes, CPA juniors created this full-size replica / 3D mural of the garret described in Harriet Jacobs’ slave narrative, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. This garret represents the space wherein Harriet Jacobs hid for seven years to escape slavery. To complement this piece, (a visual representation of paradox, since Ms. Jacobs found freedom in such extreme confinement) students wrote literary analysis on paradox in the slave narrative.