Harriet Jacobs Quotes
Top 24 wise famous quotes and sayings by Harriet Jacobs
Harriet Jacobs Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Harriet Jacobs on Wise Famous Quotes.
Why allow the tendrils of the heart to twine around objects which may at any moment be wrenched away
I admit that the black man is inferior. But what is it that makes him so? It is the ignorance in which white men compel him to live;
They all spoke kindly of my dead mother, who had been a slave merely in name, but in nature was noble and womanly.
I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, strictly true. I
These God-breathing machines are no more, in the sight of their masters, than the cotton they plant, or the horses they
There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment
Moreover, they thought he had spoiled his children, by teaching them to feel that they were human beings.
It seemed as if I were born to bring sorrow on all who befriended me, and that was the bitterest drop in the bitter cup of my life.
As I was about to open the street door, Sally laid her hand on my shoulder, and said, "Linda, is you gwine all
The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.