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Harriet Jacobs quotes: I had never realized what grand things air and sunlight are till I had been deprived of them.

I had never realized what grand things air and sunlight are till I had been deprived of them.

Harriet Jacobs quotes: Why allow the tendrils of the heart to twine around objects which may at any moment be wrenched away

Why allow the tendrils of the heart to twine around objects which may at any moment be wrenched away

Harriet Jacobs quotes: Ah, if he had ever been a slave he would have known how difficult it was to trust white men.

Ah, if he had ever been a slave he would have known how difficult it was to trust white men.

Harriet Jacobs quotes: There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.

There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.

Harriet Jacobs quotes: 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;

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;

Harriet Jacobs quotes: Take courage, Willie; brighter days will come by and by.

Take courage, Willie; brighter days will come by and by.

Harriet Jacobs quotes: They all spoke kindly of my dead mother, who had been a slave merely in name, but in nature was noble and womanly.

They all spoke kindly of my dead mother, who had been a slave merely in name, but in nature was noble and womanly.

Harriet Jacobs quotes: I resolved not to be conquered again.

I resolved not to be conquered again.

Harriet Jacobs quotes: My Master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each.

My Master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each.

Harriet Jacobs quotes: God judges men by their hearts, not by the color of their skins.

God judges men by their hearts, not by the color of their skins.

Harriet Jacobs quotes: The scripture says "oppression makes it even a wise man mad" ...

The scripture says "oppression makes it even a wise man mad" ...

Harriet Jacobs quotes: I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, strictly true. I

I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, strictly true. I

Harriet Jacobs quotes: to render me miserable. He

to render me miserable. He

Harriet Jacobs quotes: These God-breathing machines are no more, in the sight of their masters, than the cotton they plant, or the horses they

These God-breathing machines are no more, in the sight of their masters, than the cotton they plant, or the horses they

Harriet Jacobs quotes: 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

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

Harriet Jacobs quotes: They had never felt slavery; and, when it was too late, they were convinced of its reality. When

They had never felt slavery; and, when it was too late, they were convinced of its reality. When

Harriet Jacobs quotes: Would that I had more ability! But my heart is so full, and my pen is so weak!

Would that I had more ability! But my heart is so full, and my pen is so weak!

Harriet Jacobs quotes: Moreover, they thought he had spoiled his children, by teaching them to feel that they were human beings.

Moreover, they thought he had spoiled his children, by teaching them to feel that they were human beings.

Harriet Jacobs quotes: The brightest skies are always foreshadowed by dark clouds

The brightest skies are always foreshadowed by dark clouds

Harriet Jacobs quotes: 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.

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.

Harriet Jacobs quotes: Satan's church is here below; Up to God's free church I hope to go.

Satan's church is here below; Up to God's free church I hope to go.

Harriet Jacobs quotes: As I was about to open the street door, Sally laid her hand on my shoulder, and said, "Linda, is you gwine all

As I was about to open the street door, Sally laid her hand on my shoulder, and said, "Linda, is you gwine all

Harriet Jacobs quotes: The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.

The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.

Harriet Jacobs quotes: Do you know that I have a right to do as I like with you, - that I can kill you, if I please?" "You

Do you know that I have a right to do as I like with you, - that I can kill you, if I please?" "You