Mattie Jane Jackson

Thanks for the birthday sentiments fellow POU'ers. Now onward to the open thread... Mattie Jane Jackson (January 1847 –  February 5, 1910) was an African American author. She is known for her 1866 autobiography, The Story of Mattie J. Jackson: Her Parentage, Experience of Eighteen Years in Slavery, Incidents During the War, Her Escape from Slavery: A True Story, which … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Authors of Slave Narratives