Author: Harriet Ann Jacobs

Quotes

When 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.

When 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 Jacobs

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name.

Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.

The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

Dr. Flint had sworn that he would make me suffer, to my last day, for this new crime against him, as he called it; and as long as he had me in his power he kept his word.

Dr. Flint had sworn that he would make me suffer, to my last day, for this new crime against him, as he called it; and as long as he had me in his power he kept his word.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.

When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear.

The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

Death is better than slavery.

Death is better than slavery.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds; but God let it live.

When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds; but God let it live.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

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