Before recent discoveries, what was the common belief about the authorship of Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl?

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It was inspired by a captivity story from New England.It was published without an author's name.It was a fictional work attributed to Lydia Maria Child.It was penned by Harriet Jacobs' son.None of the above.

Explanation

Initially, many scholars believed that Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was a fictional narrative written by Lydia Maria Child rather than an authentic autobiography by Harriet Jacobs herself. Other assumptions included it being anonymous or inspired by captivity tales, but these were later disproven.