The document summarizes key points from the autobiographical book "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs. It discusses how the author endured sexual abuse from her master and struggled to protect herself. It also describes how she hoped to escape slavery by being sold to another owner but those hopes were dashed when she became pregnant. The summary outlines her desperate measures to attain freedom, including going into hiding for years in a small attic space, and the toll this took on her and her family. Ultimately, the help of abolitionists enabled her freedom to be purchased.