Harriet Jacobs Quote

When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.


Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: Jacobs, Mrs. Harriet (Brent) (ed. 1861)


When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.

When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.

When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.

When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave.