Harriet Ann Jacobs
When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds; but God let it live.
Harriet Ann JacobsDURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress.
Harriet Ann JacobsIf you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there will be no concealment; and you will see and hear things that will seem to you impossible among human beings with immortal souls.
Harriet Ann JacobsCruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.
Harriet Ann JacobsWhen I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.
Harriet Ann JacobsThe beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.
Harriet Ann JacobsDeath is better than slavery.
Harriet Ann JacobsNo pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery.
Harriet Ann JacobsSouthern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little slaves. They do not trouble themselves about it.
Harriet Ann JacobsAlways it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name.
Harriet Ann Jacobs