I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away — Harriet Ann Jacobs
My master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each. — Harriet Ann Jacobs
Notwithstanding my grandmother’s long and faithful service to her owners, not one — Harriet Ann Jacobs
But I now entered on my fifteenth year – a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. — Harriet Ann Jacobs
I was born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away. — Harriet Ann Jacobs
No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery. — Harriet Ann Jacobs
The beautiful spring came; and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. — Harriet Ann Jacobs
There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you — Harriet Ann Jacobs