Setting
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Harriet Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Setting 1 key example

Definition of Setting

Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
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Setting
Explanation and Analysis:

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is set in pre-Civil War America, prior to the abolition of slavery. Much of the book takes place in South Carolina, where slavery was legal. The end of the book takes place in the North (Philadelphia and New York), where it had been illegal to enslave people for many years.