Harriet Jacobs

• Harriet Ann Jacobs was born in 1813, she was born in North Carolina , Edenton.
• It was not Harriet Jacob's nature to give up without a fight. Born into slavery, Harriet Jacobs would thwart repeated sexual advancements made by her master for years, then run away to the North.
• Harriet's mother, Delilah, was the slave of John Horniblow, a tavern-keeper, and her father, Daniel Jacobs, a white slave owned by Dr. Andrew Knox. Delilah died when Harriet was six years old and was brought up by her grandmother.
• Her father- was the son of a white man - named Henry Jacob.
• after this she found out that she was a slave, she moved with her grandmother Molly
• Her grandmother's mistress taught Harriet how to read and sew, she learn about Christianity through the mistress and her grandmother.
• Harriet Jacobs wrote herself Incidents in the life of a slave girl which was published in 1861 under another name.

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