When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever … - Harriet Ann Jacobs

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I got married. My wife changed her name. I know some women have a problem with that. But I wanted her to have my old girlfriend's name. So call me old-fashioned, but this fella does what the Bible tells.

Harriet Ann Jacobs

When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.

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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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