Harriet Ann Jacobs Quotes


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



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