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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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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
Barbara Kingsolver
Harriet Jacobs
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Born:
February 11, 1813
Died:
March 7, 1897
(aged 84)
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