The Story of Mattie J. Jackson

by Mattie J. Jackson, L.S. Thompson (With), J. Godsey (Afterword)

The Story of Mattie J. Jackson, Is a biography of Mattie Jackson, who was born into slavery in 1846 in St.Louis Missouri.

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1866

About the author

Mattie Jane Jackson (1847 - 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 contributed to the national knowledge of African American family life during slavery and the reconstruction era of the United States. Her autobiography presents the history of multi-generational familial relationships and their inner strength, despite repeated, forced separation.

Reviews

[Susan Molloy]

✒️Slow moving autobiographical narrative that did not keep my interest as much as I anticipated. Yet, I am sure it served its purpose in 1866.

📕Published — 1866. In the public domain.

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[Miles Smith]

Short, stark

Jackson's memoir lacks the melodrama of other slavery escape accounts. It does however illustrate the shifting and often self serving motivations for unionism and loyalty in the Civil War.