Thursday, March 24, 2011

Harriet Jacobs



  • Her full name was Harriet Ann Jacobs.
  • She was born in Feb 1813 in North Carolina.
  • She died March 1897 and burned in Massachusetts, he tomb stone read "Patient in tribulations, reverent in spirit serving the lord".
  • Her mother was Delilah Horniblow and when she died while Harriet was still an infant (age 6) and then realized that she was a slave.
  • After her mother's death her mother's mistress taught her to read and write.
  • She was sexually harassed for nearly a decade and wasn't able to marry anyone.
  • She became free after a while because she bought her own freedom


http://boston.broadwayworld.com/article/Underground_Railway_Theater_Presents_HARRIET_JACOBS_17272010_20091201
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Ann_Jacobs

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