In 1813, Harriett Ann Jacobs was born into slavery in Edenton, North Carolina. She was taught to read and write when she was very young. She was six years old when her mother died and was raised by her maternal grandmother, Molly Horniblow, who had been freed. Still a teenager, Jacobs became romantically involved with […]
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