“Reader, my story ends with freedom; not in the usual way, with marriage.”

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

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About Harriet Ann Jacobs

Author • American

Harriet Ann Jacobs was an African-American writer who escaped from slavery and became a prominent abolitionist and reformer. Her single work, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," is a powerful autobiographical novel...

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