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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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Author Bio


  • NameHarriet Ann Jacobs
  • DescriptionAmerican Civil War nurse, slave, writer and abolitionist
  • BornFebruary 11, 1813
  • DiedMarch 7, 1897
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionNurse
  • WorksIncidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl