- 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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