Harriet Jacobs was a former slave who penned an autobiography detailing her escape from an oppressive master who made sexual advances towards her. Jacobs became a darling of the anti-slavery movement with the publication of her book, Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl, helping other slaves by way of her celebrity. Jacobs was born […]
Writer Harriet Jacobs told her story of captivity and escape in her 1861 novel called “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.” The North Carolina slave girl was handed down through generations of the Horniblow family until she became the property of Dr. James Norcom. Norcom would not allow Jacobs to marry and forced […]
