concerns that respatialize the geographic legacy of racism-sexism." In analyzing the hiding place of Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent) – the space of her grandmother's garret – McKittrick illuminates the tensions that exist within this space and how it occupies contradictory positions. Not only is the space of the garret one of resistance and freedom for Brent, but it is also a space of confinement and concealment. That is, the garret operates as a prison and, simultaneously, as a space of liberation. For Brent, freedom in the garret takes the form of loss of speech, movement, and consciousness. McKittrick writes, "Brent's spatial options are painful; the garret serves as a disturbing, but meaningful, response to slavery." As McKittrick reveals, the geographies of slavery are about gendered-racial-sexual captivities – in these sense, the space of the garret is both one of captivity and protection for Brent. References External links Works by Harriet Jacobs at DocSouth including Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself, her first published text, and some of her reports from her work with fugitives Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl audio edition – MP3 Streams. 1861 non-fiction books Feminist books Slave narratives African-American autobiographies Works by Lydia Maria Child Works published under a pseudonym Slavery in the United States