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I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

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But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import

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

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Every where the years bring to all enough of sin and sorrow; but in slavery the very dawn of life is darkened by these shadows

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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
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Harriet Jacobs

Harriet Jacobs
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Born: February 11, 1813
Died: March 7, 1897 (aged 84)
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