Harriet Jacobs Quote
[My parents] lived together in a comfortable home; and, though we were all slaves I was so fondly shielded that I never dreamed I was a piece of merchandise, trusted to them for safe keeping, and liable to be demanded of them at any moment.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), ch. 1
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