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Spirituality and faith are transitional. “Incidents in the life of a Slave Girl” by Harriet Jacobs is more than a documentary of the experiences of a woman of bondage; it is a story of faith and the changes that take place in spirituality during a lifetime. The understanding of a higher power and religion are vastly different between a child and a person of maturity. These differences can be very evident in the lives of …

…in a human’s time on earth. Her growing and changing belief in God from the simplistic views of childhood, her growth as a woman through the priority shifts of motherhood and the changes that come with the experiences of life show that this manuscript is more than the account of a female slave in pre civil war America. “Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl” is a story of spiritual transition. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**