Author: Harriet Ann Jacobs

Quotes

Death is better than slavery.

Death is better than slavery.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

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

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

There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment.

There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment.

- 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

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

Southern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little slaves. They do not trouble themselves about it.

Southern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little slaves. They do not trouble themselves about it.

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress.

DURING 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 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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