But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave … - Harriet Ann Jacobs

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I know what I like and what I want, and I can sit and enjoy every 10 minutes that go by. And truly enjoy it.

Harriet Ann Jacobs

But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import

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Death is better than slavery.

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There must be sophistry in all this; but the condition of a slave confuses all principles of morality, and, in fact, renders the practice of them impossible.

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If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year.

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Southern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little slaves. They do not trouble themselves about it.

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When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died.

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